JoeNose

Your Corrado hardcore-ness is to be respected :)

Thanks fellas, will check it out.

I've recently had new OEM rear axle bushes fitted - and the car handling actually seems to have deteriorated somewhat. It's only noticable on the limit, during a rapid direction change. I am used not to having to slow down at roundabouts for example, just flick the car left-right-left with constant throttle. Good fun, and usually possible to feel the passive rear wheel steering working behind you. Now, the car seems sloppier than usual, with the rear end just not coping with the direction change as it used to. Other than checking geometry, what else is there for me to examine? I wouldn't have thought it possible to fit an axle bush incorrectly, so what else could have gone wrong?

Wierdly, I found my ride quality improved when I went from 15 to 16" - which had to be down to new Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres instead of the cheap rubber the previous owner had fitted to the original wheels.

These 16" Speedline Comp 2 's were the next best thing for me...

Check brake fluid, and if OK try unplugging the blake fluid resevoir (single cable going in) and drive the car. If the light goes out, it's either the contacts on the plug or the float on the resevoir cap.

I've never seen loss figures of less than 30% on Stealth's rollers.

A cheaper option (than VW) but which gives you an (almost) good as new unit: http://www.vege.nl/ They have a UK supplier and will grant you a year's warranty. Of course, you still have to arrange fitting yourself. My C has one of these and it's been trouble free for the last 3 years.

I wouldn't walk away because a 138000-miler had had an engine change many years ago. If it's running sweetly on the replacement engine (and presumably has been for 60000 miles), the current condition of the car as a whole is much more relevant.

The fact that if I go over a bump at speed my head hits the roof. And if I slide back the sunroof my hair sometimes sticks slightly out of the top leaving me looking like a scarecrow.

As Rodders said...VAGCOM VAGCOM VAGCOM before you do anything else. I'd wager your system is probably fine. The fans are doing their job if the guage is out by around 10 degrees, which is far from unheard of.

Don't think Brentacre do agreed value at all? A proper agreed value policy puts you in a much stronger position if your car's written off. I'm with Chris Knott and they've always been fine with me.

After acquiring not just a new radiator, but also a couple of complementary scratches on the bonnet (now polished out) from Discount VW, I'll remember that recommendation, cheers chewy.

Great result, i feel rather gutted now... ;)

I think I'd feel good driving one of them regardless 8)