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  1. schrick manifold polished It looks like my storms gone so i can't really keep this tucked under the stairs:-( So its a polished schtick inlet, all there apart from the controller. This is a simple rev limit switch and can be bought on ebay for ?35 I'm looking for ?800 Please contact matt by pm or on 07866474147 List Date: 11/24/2014 For more info, click here to view the original listing: schrick manifold polished -------------------------------------- SOLD -------------------------------------- Mobile friendly version: schrick manifold polished Go Mobile: Download the free Panjo iOS app now!
  2. Not really, 2nd baby is due in march so putting extra cash to an m3 would really rock the boat! It's harder to find a storm than an mtb so I need to think what I'm going to do??/-) I could save for six months but I can't wait that long! And I don't really use the rado much now anyway and I just like it sitting there so I can have a play with it now and again.
  3. So your saying get rid of the rado??! talk me round:-( Thing is for me, nothing can touch an older car, I remember an old 205 gti i owned, (the 309 was a another story) and in just one corner I remember how good they were with the steering wheel tugging at the hands, got the same with the corrado except with proper pace and have made the mistake before of not having one in my life so I need to really think about the decision. I spose I'd like a new and an old car but I have also just got the partner a 330d sport touring so do I really need an m3? I do miss having a car with a good bit of grunt though
  4. Well the 330d which i've owned for nearly five years went today, i was proper gutted when it drove off and even my five year old son cried 'dad the car!' as it drove off, even he looked tearful:-( Now i have a major dilemma, do i sell the storm and shrick manifold or the the mtb to purchase the m3??, i really don't want to be without a rado but also don't want to lose the only thing that i enjoy that keeps me fit!
  5. I like new new st fiesta, why are all these new petrol engines doing 45mpg average??? great looking car and would consider one all day long
  6. Ha, the misses spotted it and rewinded it for me, well spotted!
  7. Corrado gets used around every other weekend at the mo, it needs tyres and coilovers to turn it into an enjoyable drive as the standard dampers, (strangely every other suspension component has been renewed though??) are worn and it has the worst ditch finders ever fitted which are only good for popping to the shops. I know how good a sorted one feels so part of having it is it needs a bit of work which when I get the time I enjoy doing. I really would struggle being corrado less again if it goes!! Anyone ever fitted a quicker steering rack to a corrado, just sold my partners mr2 which was probably the best car for steering feel I've ever driven! always made the corrados steering feel slooow!
  8. I just enjoy my rado for what it is, when I owned my first one at 22 it was a quick little car, I wouldn't have any interest in tuning one past 220bhp so I've got the shrick under the stairs And maybe some cams and that's me. I just like looking at them now to be honest and quite happy I know I have one sitting at home:-)
  9. I agree with the corrado, I get in mine sometimes and think why am I still driving one of these! but then I see one pass me on the road or have a good drive in one and all is forgotten, they won't ever make cars like these anymore either even if the vr6 isn't particularly light it's definatly one of those cars I'll always want to keep tucked away:-) 4wd is the ultimate but I would also quite like to master a good rear drive car round a track, I sometimes turn the disc off on my 330d and with 500nm can quite easily have some fun, but the m3 would be the ultimate. After having a 300bhp 4wd 1200kg car I also would like a nice two door type r impreza for my weekend thrills but I also need a car to other things than just go fast. My mates just sold his 538bhp m5 and tuned his classic impreza to 420bhp and it feels like it would have the better of the m5 under a ton easily, it's an animal. but I bet the audi goes well:-) I've owned a b5 s4 that was a great car, just didn't handle, well only in the snow:-)
  10. I had a rado with a rusty sill and after a lot of research my best bet would of been a cut from a good breaker, you could then separate the sill into its three pieces and reuse where necessary, but i sold it in the end. Good luck though!
  11. I probably will go for it as i've not much use for a diesel as my weekend car now, but i have got quite attached the 330d and it's been the most reliable car i've owned to date, will be sorry to see it go for sure. And it does seem that all is written is negative about the m3 and i'm not fussed if i find one that needs a bit of work, well apart from footing the rear subframe tear issue bill! Might just advertise the bm and see what happens, watch this space :-)
  12. Thanks for the info daren, one thing I keep reading about apart from torn subframes, failed smg pumps are head gaskets? My budget would be around 7k if I did go for it and hopefully could find one with all of the above sorted and with reasonable mileage. Still I've got some pals who are very handy with spanners so I won't be afraid of one that needs a bit of work if it's cheap enough:-) Thing is though it's getting close to Christmas now so maybe a bad time to get what I want for the 330d or anything for that matter so I might hold out till early next year.
  13. I'm getting on now so i won't be going mad, but would love to do a track day. Also had a few cars as quick as an m3 but the sound they make is drawing me to one:-) I don't think i can let go of the corrado though as it's harder to buy a storm than a mountain bike and to be fair the 330d with 370lbft is a lot of fun which can feel its weight but is equally a very good handling car. But thats also the thing with the m3, its a good all rounder. I'd like a type r classic subaru but the image puts me off a bit, savagely fast and a right tool but i can't see myself in it popping to the shops with my lad in tow. A friend has a 420bhp classic which feels like it would destroy his not long sold v10 m5 so for pure driving weekend thrills the scooby takes some beating.
  14. All go with the roads! and it's a yeti sb66c 7k build brand new;-)3k second hand
  15. Yep gotta be a manual, took me ages took find my manual 330d, but would like to try foot to floor gear changes with the smg 2 though :-)
  16. After using my 330d daily for nearly five years which has not put a foot wrong I now find myself having the use of a company vehicle, I also have the storm which I've said to myself I would never sell as I will always want to have a corrado. But we now have four cars between myself and my partner so I cannot decide whether or not to either sell the 330d and storm and purchase an e46 m3, or just not bother and keep what I've got. Thing is I've just bought the misses a 330d sport touring so it seems a bit silly us having two now. I could also sell the bmw and my mountain bike to rustle up the funds for the m3 and keep the storm?? Oh I don't know??!
  17. I'm trying make a real effort to make it to some shows, only managed santa pod last year, and also the list to get the corrado where I want it seems endless, especially the shrick manifold which is tucked under the stairs ready to go on:-)) hopefully catch up at some shows!
  18. I'm trying make a real effort to make it to some shows, only managed santa pod last year, and also the list to get the corrado where I want it seems endless at the, especially the shrick manifold which is tucked under the stairs ready to go on:-)) hopefully catch up at some shows!
  19. Upton upon Severn, just off the m50 near malvern, was it you then? nice to see a rado on the roads! Mines coming out at the weekend for a blast:-)
  20. A16 VWC I think on the m42 heading to m40 at 7am this morning, red corrado with green bbs, looked tidy and first rado I've seen on the roads in ages!!
  21. Definatly an indicated 158mph on the speedo, true speed would probably be 10 mph shy of that I would of thought, k reg vr6 15" speedlines
  22. Sounds utterly ridiculous eh? but its true, and it was still pulling! One of the reasons i still love these cars:-)
  23. Cheers, I'm sure it was 115mph in third and *ahem* 158mph in 5th still pulling! Private track mind you;-)and the steering went a bit light which was pretty scary. Still feels like the limiter is coming in a tad early in the storm though?
  24. Hi all, Had a spirited drive in the storm the other day and always remember all of my previous vr6's easily pulling 70mph in 2nd gear, but my storm only got to 65mph ish before i almost head butted the windscreen. I understand the early vr's had a higher rev limit and later cars had a lower limit but i thought they all did 70mph in second??! I remember my first vr6 doing 115mph in third! i think?
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