dr_mat

Um, no. I pointed out an option. I didn't ask for an debate, in fact I explicitly asked for no debate. That's too much to ask though, it seems.

(Please don't all jump at once and start yet another VW vs VT debate, but if you can't get the £130 VT mount by the weekend, why not fit another £50 VW mount - if the old one lasted 11 years ...)

Dinkus might be selling some...

You accelerated hard off the drive? You're only likely to break the front engine mount if you do so in forward gear.. The expensive bit of a broken front engine mount is the damage it usually does to the bonnet when the engine hits it, or even the damage it does to the exhaust downpipes.

That's the one - 311.2. Works well for my generic OBD cable.

There's two main program versions on the VAG-COM site because the 3.04 (iirc) version is the LAST that works with the old opto-isolated leads. The newer leads use faster technology and the newer software releases take advantage of that. Your Corrado VR6 will work perfectly fine with the old VAG-COM and any old OBD-compatible lead. The C VR6 is an OBD1 ECU. The connector may be OBD2, but it's all OBD1 protocol.

About 5 hours plus parts. At VW that's nearly £500 in labour..

If you've got original dampers on the car with lowering springs that's really not going to help matters. Plus there's the fact that if you're ripping them all out to change the springs it won't make sense to put the old dampers back on it.. New ones aren't too pricey. Around £30/corner + VAT. Springs is a trickier call - there were many variants and you may well be better off getting some used original springs. £60/corner does seem exorbitant!

Yeah, spotted your VR on ebay mate. Looks clean under the bonnet! You'll probably get better money on the 'trader than ebay though. Everyone's out for a bargain on ebay..

The engine error code scan will reveal all ...

Well I don't know what the correct torque IS, I just know it has to be fitted *right* ... :)

I thought the car in question was a 16v though.. (But you're right about the VR6 having no vacuum pipe.. If your MFA is reading funny on a VR, there's been some serious tampering with the clocks or the ECU.)

The engine sensor has to be torqued to a very specific amount, iirc - it must be the precise distance from the flywheel teeth to pick up a nice strong signal.

VW have no interest in keeping spares available for Corrados. Plus there's the fact that Corrado owners seem to be very picky about trim. VW will have procured enough stock for (predicted failure rate) * (number of cars sold) Since the number of cars was very low, that's not a lot of spare parts to go around when everyone wants a new rear Corrado badge. VW will have only retained enough stock to support the rear-end-shunt brigade, there's no way they would have predicted that in 10 years time 90% of corrado owners would be wanting a new badge!

Buy a new scanner dude!

100,000 Corrados total. 10,000 to the UK. ~40% were VR6s. Don't know any other stats..

They're right. But after TEN YEARS it can't be a good idea to leave the original intact!!

A brand new engine shouldn't show ANY problems. It should just feel a little "tight" and restrained. Is it actually NEW or is it rebuilt? How many ignition components are new?

"noisy from cold" is fine and dandy. "noisy all the damn time" is not... :(

I'm on my second set of GSF tappets and am not entirely happy, either. VW ones are around twice the price though.

That'll be a genuine VW new front bumper then. Probably costs £500 on it's own!

Fault is not the issue. Claim is... If the claim goes 50/50, both insurance companies have to pay out for the accident repairs (probably) and therefore both people lose their no-claims and wind up paying more insurance. Can you see why 50/50 is the most common settlement amongst insurance companies? Anyway, 50/50 is a bad example - it's really suggesting that both drivers were equally at fault. Some companies are now offering protected no claims that last "forever" and stuff, but it's still described as a no-claims bonus, not a "didn't make a mistake" bonus. Even in cases where someone admits liability or is clearly at fault, the person who is not-at-fault will lose their no-claims bonus if they have to make a claim - i.e. if the other insurance company does not cover all their costs aswell! And this includes things like courtesy cars, legal advice, towing, hotels, car storage, recovery and so on... If ANY of these costs go against your own policy you lose your no-claims. (Unless it's protected.) Most insurance companies won't protect a policy with less than 4 years of no-claims.

Because losing a wheel didn't make them any worse than they already were?

You will always lose your no claims if your insurance company cannot recoup ALL it's costs, doesn't matter who does or doesn't claim liability.

Perhaps they just thought it looked classier?