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Reckon itl'l probably be the circlip missing then, give me five minutes and I'll post a piccy of what I mean, hope I'm right, as easy fix, provided stealers give you the right circlip!

I would lift the cover from around the gear lever and take a look around there. As you wiggle the lever from side to side, check it's not moving too far left due to the circlip being missing from the left hand end of the pivot mechanism. Hopefully youl'l see what I mean when you take a look. Very common for that to be missing, which makes the gear lever a bit sloppier than it should be from side to side. That's assuming the ticking isn't coming from the engine bay though? Is the noise from at the gear lever?

Yep, Meguirs Gold Class..... 8)

Yep, should feel considerably nicer now! Sounds like might be slightly out of adjustment as a side issue from the weight...glad you got the right bit in the end! 8)

OK, will do it now, and call it 'Corrado Pre-Viewing'

Well, i've had a valver for 5 years plus, and I reckon it's great to work on yourself. Working on your own C is very much NOT frowned on, throwing cash unnecesarily at the 'stealers' however IS. :D

Great, it's nice to know there are people about happy to help others in this way. I suppose the best thing to do is start a thread titled 'Car Pre-Viewing' or similiar, with a few guidelines, such as those below, and people adding /deleting their names from it as they wish. I would suggest contact is made by buyers via PM'ing. To make it easier to locate someone near the car you may be interested in I would suggest people willing to take part add a post, just detailing the area they are willing to cover. My suggested guidelines which would be in the original post are..... 'Service voluntarily offered purely as a means to prevent prospective Corrado buyers travelling miles to view a Corrado only to find it may not have been worth the journey. Personal opinions only are provided, which are in no way binding on the person providing them. There can be no recourse on the person kind enough to provide an opinion if anything is missed or over-looked. The intent is to provide an overall opinion as to whether the car is worth travelling to view only, not an opinion on whether the car is worth buying, or is free from defects etc. It is for the buyer to assess for himself whether to travel to view the car, purchase the car, or take professional advice before buying any vehicle. If a person kindly offering this service is not available to carry out a pre-view, for whatever reason, there can be no recourse or complaint from the person considering buying a vehicle. If a prospective buyer needs a quicker pre-view than can be offered, they are of course free to travel themselves.. No-one is in any way obliged to provide a pre-view, and reserves the right to refuse at any time, for any reason.' ......sound reasonable....? or could just continue adding details to this thread.....? :)

PhatVR6, You mean,erm, like an idiots guide to Lupo wipers! :lol: :wink:

BigEastsideVWG60, Like the tattoo on yer hand! Was it painful? :lol:

Reggit, £70, jeeesus, have these gone up in price drastically recently, or are the prices being, ahem, adjusted when VW see a strong demand. Sure I paid under £36 for my arm/blade set about 6 months ago!

At least it's cheap to get the bits, and could easily sell them on as a kit if your pipes get in the way. Saw the same weight on a VR yesterday.

del68, Thanks! I think it must be worth doing. As you say you would just be giving the car a pre-emptive once over for an opinion as to whether it's worth following it up and travelling a long distance for a more detailed inspection. I would be happy to do this in the Norwich/Norfolk area. Could have saved the guy who travelled from Leeds to Norwich (if he's a Forum member) a lot of time/ petrol etc. I was dissapointed after travelling two miles, can't imagine how he would have felt after that distance :roll: Anyone else willing - if so can start an appropriate thread!?

Fitting the weight made a big difference to the feel of the shifting on my 16v, much more 'snick', 'snick'

Well, given that I want to keep my current valver as well if possible, and don't really need another car, talking 5k tops, but ideally well below that if at alll possible. I know won't get perfection necessarily, but .....

16vgt, Any chance I could arrange first refusal on this, and all being well arrange to get down to take a look at it this coming Sunday?

Yeah, best leave the term 'Idiots Guides' to the Astra Forum :lol:

But where is it.....i'm guessing London?

dr_mat, Yep, do take your point, but it's a thin line between passing on your opinion, and possibly ruining someones chances of a sale. It's not like it had been wrapped round a tree, just didn't seem a good enough spray-job to me, for what I wanted. Might be OK for someone else though. Your'e right though, apparently someone had travelled down from Leeds to view it! Hmm. Was wondering if there would be a way of setting up a database of Forum people around the country who would be willing to pre-view cars for sale in their area before fellow member travelled long distances? Probably un-workable but......

Personally, I reckon it's a good idea.

steveo29, Hope the stealers refunded you for the first bit they sold you?!

Don't think it's fair to say specifically as he's of course still trying to sell ,and seemed an OK guy (and he's obviously seriously in to body-building too :lol: ) No not seen it on here, would have commented if it was. It's in Norwich, put it that way, and blue. Think the faults would be all too apparent to a Forum member, and I don't think the guy genuinely knew it wasn't exactly mint bodywise, to be fair to him. I'm just glad I didn't have to travel more than a couple of miles to view it. Think I'm just starting to realise finding a really good VR at a fair price is gonna be a waiting game, might just throw the money at the valver instead.

Nice piccies, looks a good craic. I take it the guy in the red C is new to Corrado ownership though, I mean, actually using your foglights, that's asking for trouble! ......bad crack!'

Best thing i've seen all day, I mean come on, it's soooo funny, everyone knows you need to paint the 'rotor' screws at the same time! He's obviously forgotten! :shock: I'm joking , I'm joking!!!! That is sooo bloody funny! I like some of the replies too, see, Americans do have a sense of humour, which kind of explains Bush I suppose :roll:

....for walking away from a VR in the shortest time of clapping eyes on it with a view to purchase! 10 minutes tops! Can anyone beat that? Think if iI'd have lifted up the rear corner where the paint was peeling gently enough could have pulled the whole respray off in one sheet :lol: . Ho hum, at least I was driving away in a nice C i guess! Knew it was too good to be true, local AND cheap :roll:

Ah, cheers for the heads up.....still cheap though, but giving someone 3k knowing it's 1k straight profit...hmm! Would maybe run to 2,3k though if its straight enough..... :?