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  1. Posted

    Time served tool maker, maintenence engineer and aerospace and marine engineering.

     

    I have left engineering now as the moneys crap for the health risk and you have no security so what's the point.

     

    I am currently in the process of setting up a restoration and abrasive blasting business so i will definitely be useful to folk on here long term up north at least

     

    :)

  4. Posted

    Dont even get me started on this sugar tax business. All it means is now 99% of normal priced pop etc in the supermarket is laced with cancer causing, bone damaging rubbish. Aspartame is listed on the NHS as carcinogenic.

     

    And worst of all 99% of the population seems f-ing clueless how bad artificial sweeteners are for you.

     

    Nanny state making decisions for you grrrrrr

     

    Rant over

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    I really hope the old girl is all sorted and rebuilt now. I hated the state it was in under my ownership.

     

    It was purely financial why it went and I massively regretted selling that car just because i got laid off.

     

    The same situation repeated itself with my 205 Gti and i hung on to it as a lesson learned.

     

    Older, wiser and less daft i would of never sold it and i never would of fitted a 1.8t. It killed the top speed and drove pants compared to g60.

     

    G60 with a better charger is definitely the sweet spot imho :)

     

    Anyway i hope its looking well and would love to see it again. Maybe even buy it back one day.

     

    I used to hear that nigel moan saying i killed the car but that little nerd can shut up.

     

    Hes the one who fitted a spaceship steering wheels and cheese and furious boost pods plus all sorts of other naff crap.

     

    It would of been totally standard except bbs and under the hood my choice if funds permitted. I even despised the wheels it had on when i sold it lol

     

    Get it back to original and enjoy it, Its a dam clean shell.If its ever for sale again drop me a line :)

     

    Mick

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    Thanks for the information pal :) I would of rebuilt the pierberg myself if i could have

     

    The pierberg is gone and loaded in my trebuchet haha

     

    No parts were available for them beyond seal kits and people were asking rediculous money for full used units, so I ended up putting a brand new weber kit on it to get it running better asap.

     

    It was unbelievable how many vacuum pipes etc were removed with the pierberg. Its much tidier under the bonnet now and far more simplified.

     

    Absolute doddle to fit and as a result it drives brilliant now.Albeit a bit more thirsty.

     

    My only really picky niggle is a slight hesitation as the second butterfly kicks in when flat to floor accelerating. But beyond that a million miles nicer to drive

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    Hello and Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen.

     

    After looking around we eventually ended up buying a mk2 scirocco again as a runner and the pierberg is running poorly as they usually do. We drove all t he way to milton keynes for it and as usual it was not as described but is a lovely starting point of a shell for 1300 quid as its solid below and only needs a shoot to tidy it up long term.

     

    It has a bit missing from the side of it but i am unsure what it is, It 99% sure its part of the choke unit but i am hoping someone on here could enlighten me who has messed with them more :)

     

    I will get some pictures up of the car as soon as i can but sadly its gone a little pink again after its first wash since we got it.

     

    Anyway i have a picture here so whats missing haha

     

    Sorry the pictures are not the right way up but for some reason the resize has rotated them too.

     

    Thanks

    Mick

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    Sorry for the late replies everyone.

     

    Since i was last on here we have aquired a mk2 scirocco and a Lwb Suzuki sj which has became a welding pit haha.

     

    Ill get some pictures of the Gti soon.

     

    After alot of research i ended up going with Jenolite for now. It seems they all do the same job and its all about how you seal the area afterwards. bilt hammer seems a good one too.

     

    I have a full por15 set too a neighbor gave me too but i dont like the idea of washing bare metal with water. The jenolite has worked ok so far on some test areas though.

     

    With any treatment you do i think its all about cleaning the area first well, adding two coats and making sure its sealed from the elements afterwards.

     

    Mick

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    Thanks for the replies and kind words

     

    Its a dam good one for sure.New rebuilt axle still like new, the last new airflow meter in the uk is on it too as they are no longer made and i got the last stock before the supplier went under, piles of new parts. Its just sadly picked up a bit of rot literally exclusively where water is draining from it :(

     

    I was planning to grind it back and prep it for winter but i ended up been able to poke a hole in the sill bottom.

     

    Any recommended products to try as a temp protection then? im lookimg for a storage area inside now as a temp solution.

  13. Posted · Edited by corrado_sunderland

    Well life has been nothing but a c word to me the past few years luck wise (i know people suffer far worse) and what ive noticed this morning just about makes me devastated.

     

    I have had my 205 ever since i sold the c and it has sat for 3 years now due to ****ty luck after ****ty luck after ****ty luck.

     

    First i was ripped on a paint job that was awful, then the door lock stuck and the door opened onto my neighbors car thus wrecking the brand new red trim and door plastic, then i was laid off and had to use the restore money to pay bills, then the new job paid peanuts, then we were burgled and they stole the keys for it and so on and on and on. The end result is my gti has sat for a few years now with 3k worth of bits in the garage ready for it and no funds to get it going.

     

    This is why i laugh at folk on here who said times are not hard, we have struggled to afford to eat the past few years....anyway i waffle in misery.

     

    The top and bottom of all of this is that the car needs some form of treatment to at least protect it more under the cover for now as i noticed today the sill in rotten where water has been draining near the rear wheel. It devastating seeing this on car that was immaculate a few years back. I know it wont stop the rot but im hoping it will prevent it spreading as its already one sill down if you dont like patching and the car was literally totally mint when i first had to take it off the road a few years back. Its been around me for years as 2 other people i knew owned it and the thought of it rotting due to my bad luck makes me sick but the thought of selling it makes me think im giving up the one thing i havent had to sell just to stay afloat. The are doing 38k now fully restored :(

     

    It has a good breathable cover for now and i cant use a carcoon sadly as the little **** bags who burgled us last time would only slash it open. We are stuck waiting for a new house on sale of this and it means for now i am garage less.

     

    Whats a good cheap protection recommendation for now then from your experiences? And any suggestions i may not have thought of?

     

    There is so many brands and there all hit and miss.

     

    Thanks in advance and peace

     

    Mick

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    Well although my reply was a rant its good to see that when i read on people agree in some ways :)

     

    Hydrogen is explosive yes but storage devices that can take a shotgun shell etc have been around years now, just look at Bob Lazars corvette . The explosive tank is a bull excuse to put a good solution down and always was.

     

    Converting most engines to hydro would save materials, waste and create a short term zero emissions era to stop us turning Earth into a hot pot.

     

    Plus you could run a v8 on water :D whooo :lol:

     

    But i know, thats just too sensible and not profitable enough.

     

     

    Thats why i like the forum. Most of you on here are not nieve or stupid like the hipsters on other forums ;)

  17. Posted · Edited by corrado_sunderland

    Im not as I'll be out of a job, lol. Finance has never been cheaper and people want the latest greatest so if they can get it they will. How many of these young folks have houses, probably very little so any disposable income goes to the car. I remember it was a total privilege to get a car when I was 17 but then there wasn't PCP etc around, now its a god given right it seems.

     

    All our cars are bought and paid for (youngest car is 12 years old though) but I must admit Ive been tempted in the last couple of years by something brand new and shiney because of some of the deals.

     

    Its never been cheaper to borrow money so its well within your means it would be rude not to, within reason of course. Just don't buy a diesel it seems lol.

     

    I haven't had any trouble keeping my C on the road,used as my daily doing about 15k a year,my other "fun" car is 63 years old, so for me everything is hunky dory

     

     

    Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

     

    ^^Coullstar is 100% right IMO. Lease deals are so cheap these days, and most young people can't afford to get on the housing ladder so they blow the money on cars. You can get an S3 on PCH for about £275 a month which is an insane deal. Dealers never used to lease cars to anyone other than businesses, but now every dealer does it. If you pay attention to things like reg plates and window stickers you can spot a lease car a mile away.

     

    There is also definitely an air of assumed right with teenagers now. I see it all the time at work when the apprentices rock up in some brand new car like they're barry big balls.... but I know what they all get paid.... and the answer is either mummy and daddy are helping out or they've got no other commitments. When I was a teenager, and then as an apprentice, I had to use my mum's car until I could afford a £1000 banger and insurance/fuel/tax etc. I never got a penny towards it from the folks unless I upped the chores!

     

    Some days I think I'm mad slogging around in old or relatively old cars, and often I think "Damn it, I'm going to get something new" but then I also think... my house is almost paid for, I have no loans or credit cards and it's quite nice not having unnecessary financial obligations hanging over me.

     

    It's certainly difficult keeping Corrados going given how rapidly the parts are becoming unavailable.

     

    I have to say (the conversation about electric cars); I think you're wrong. The internal combustion engine has simply had its day. It's progressed, a bit, over the years but it's a constant drip drip of improvement, it just doesn't do anything really well apart from excite petrol heads. And if you'd driven a Tesla (the car!) you'd agree the future isn't that bleak. Ok it's got no steering feel, but no production petrol car has either, and it *obliterates* any production petrol/diesel vehicle on the road for performance, handling, safety. As for the batteries they already have 200k mile cars out there that have lost around 5% battery capacity, and they estimate half a million miles will be an easy ride. These are almost zero maintenance cars. Yes, the big issue is electric power distribution, but hell we've had a hundred years to work out how to get petrol to end users and we've only been doing electric cars for five minutes and it's already viable, even if you have to do things a bit differently.

     

    So, sad as it is in a way, I think within our lifetimes the electric motor will take over from the internal combustion engine, and for the sake of all our health and the environment I think this will be long overdue..

     

    I accept this is a tough statement to make on a car nut forum, so I accept appropriate flames ... :)

     

     

    A Corrado is for life, not just for the MOT.

     

     

    Totally right its easy to get finance but unless your income climbs its means your screwed once your older and commitments mount up. Debt is evil so i dont think more cars are affordable now just because you can get chuckied up on them easily as that means most people are living beyond their means. All my pals growing up had the latest cars and without mummy and daddy they would be paying it off for their best years. Debt was made to trap us into lining bankers pockets at the end of the day. I learned a lesson paid it all off with some help from family myself and would never do it again except in property.

     

     

     

    And Yes electric is good in some ways and brush less motors etc have transformed power delivery. I use smaller versions of the batteries everyday in our business and own tons of lipos to fly my R/C stuff but ultimately long term they are hard to dispose of and bad for the environment. If hydrogen tech was released you could potentially convert most of the world to zero emissions driving in decades. Old carbed engines work excellent on it etc. I cant imagine a 3rd world country going hugely electric anytime soon but i could easily see a hydro conversion drive been possible and affordable for all. Thats my argument as to why im not a huge electric fan.

     

    They are getting good miles out of tesla cars but cells degrade over time so they will all need new batteries at some point and once that cycle starts we will have piles and piles of batteries to be safely disposed of. Again in a 3rd world country etc they will go in places they should not like the ocean etc.

     

    I think the oil companies shut down the direction we should of took and were going electric for now it seems like it or not.

     

     

     

    Anyone who is looking at new cars just dont bother unless your flush i would say :lol: Lets be realistic, a car lasts 10-15 years now before its full of electrical issues, rotten or unreliable due to its over complicated systems. The costafortune valve or boost bull**** sensor or whatever is always going and they are always pricey/ engineered to fail all over again. You didnt see that in cars from the 70s/80s/ early 90s as manufacturers relied on showing off their engineering and longevity not sucking posers in to another 20k every few years.

     

    Every new car ive had has been costly to fix and awkward to work on. Thats why im after another C now, it just works for the most part and wont bankrupt you to service/ maintain. Same as my 205 Gti. I had 2 over the course of decades now and broke down in one once.

     

    You cant beat good engineering i say compared to the new generation of Autocad driven wassuks who design parts without even knowing fabrication or hand engineering skills etc. As a toolmaker i was taught to draw/ make everything manually and you see nerds now doing these jobs instead who are good on a pc but crap hands on.... Like i told you earlier, WallE people... were heading their :lol:

  20. Posted · Edited by corrado_sunderland

    Its all a plan by the elite, same as trying to get a cashless society, (am sure thats to try and combat people buying drugs/guns/sex with cash etc)

     

    They have somehow stamped out the boyracer scene amongst the young, never see an old hatchback with big wheels and loud exhausts anymore, i don't think the youth of today even change their sound system, all driving standard cars for a monthly fee instead.

     

    The last apprentice i trained was paying 2200 quid for a 1.2 punto with a tracker in. I remember getting my first 205 gti at 19 for 900 quid 3rd party. No the wonder the poor buggers cant have decent cars :lol:

     

    And at the time i moaned as my brother had paid the same amount for his Lotus at 21.... wow its changing fast

     

    And yeah Jim we are definitely turning into WallE people :lol: At least in demolition man the future was clean and peaceful ha

  21. Posted

    I'm all for blaming the tories And the government for anything.

    Let's get taxed on everything and then get taxed on paying tax. .

    Aghhh..

    Then they want rid of petrol !!

     

    Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

     

    But haven't you heard, electric cars are amazing cough ...apart from the fact the batteries are a eco diaster and need dumping in landfill roughly every 10 years which means it costs you more than the cars worth by that point all in.

     

    Im all for hydrogen power :D More bhp, no emissions and still a combustion engine. Imagine when China gets hold of the tech. Conversion kit £7.99 on ebay :lol:

  22. Posted · Edited by corrado_sunderland

    First off if you are an investment banker please just ignore my post and carry on reading vanity fair with your glass of poor persons blood.

     

     

    Does anyone else feel these days that it is becoming more and more difficult to keep anything beyond a eco bullshirt mobile on the road?

     

     

    I haven't had enough cash to get my Gti back on the road for 2 years now. Its like a part of your life is missing when you do not have something you love to drive.

     

    I often wonder how all these folk i see driving m3's etc actually manage these days. I remember my G60 been a fuel monster all them years ago let alone these days.

     

    I blame the tories, Rupert Murdoch and the lizard men :lol:

  25. Posted

    Quoted for truth. I think of the almost entirely positive community we had here.. then I look at some of the garbage people post on Facebook and on YouTube comments, etc.. it's like a different world!

     

    Even other Vw forums used to annoy me and dont get me started on the Peugeot Gti ahole club :lol: I am off all social media and hate the fact we have to use it for our business now.

     

    I never ever thought i would be arm chair preaching in my 30's FFS :lol:

     

    Long live the C forum. One of the last sanctuaries on the Net :D

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