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cool - glad you are ok having been through a rad change myself i would say it is probably wise to put a new one in when the front end is off

winner Wendy! i love driving mine every day - however deciding which one to take is not always as easy :D

that is a good point made Jim my only ting against it would be that the majority of cars you see broken down at the side of the road are 'new' ;) LOL

ahhh poop - sorry to hear & see this are you & any passengers ok though? have you been able to tell if the impact has twisted any chassis rails? wonder if you can get away with new bumper, slam panel & headlights maybe

that rack is a bargain!!!! someone grab it quick!!

i must say i agree with you on those points Mark i still feel like i dont want to drive anything other than a corrado due to the way it feels & makes me feel - it would take a serious amount of car to prise me out & away from mine daily i do like the recent rise in prices, i just wish it wasnt being driven by greedy traders & the bigger monies were going to the actual people who have cared & cherished for them on an alternative note & to reference back to the so called high costs of running a rado - i heard a new ford ad on the radio last night £199 per month for a focus titanium basic model & usual T's&C's with a annual mileage allowance of half what the average is & clearly states at the end 'you do not own the car' feck me nearly £2.5K a year just to drive a basic focus - that is a lot of servicing & parts for the rado & you own an appreciating car!!! kinda puts things into perspective methinks ;)

that didnt take them long did it! fecking traders!! i wonder if the OP is happy or not to see it at nearly double what they sold it for within a very short period!? oh well at least it means i had better revise the intended agreed value on the VR next year after its paint is done, at this rate i will be able to add at least another £5k on from the figure i had in mind lol

good info Kev surprised you didnt chip in your experience on the ccgb/forum show thread m8? ;)

damn it! - i copied my rado pics folder OFF my work PC the other day & havent got my memory stick, typical lol tomorrow :)

it needs to be seen joe as others have said, get it advertised in as many places as possible & all with a disclaimer that it is advertised elsewhere & can be removed at any time one big learn from recent times would be to make sure it does NOT get sold to a trader ;)

ooo a tape cassette holder! rare they be! i have one in the valver :)

thanks m8 - proper pleased & thankful for the change to cloth interior it has when we have hot days at the moment though the adverse of that is my need to re-line the heater box felt in time for winter - which kinda means dash out again :(

indeed Wendy & a good point made. i saw a god damn vauxhall nova sell for £14K the other week - £14K for a fricking Nova!! on those lines my old 1.4SR would currently be more than my VR even though they were made in much much greater numbers personally, i think on this forum we dont mind & often support the higher prices when being sold by genuine owners - in that i mean it is not a trader trying to make a quick buck after they have driven down the price they paid form the seller. however that is their business but, again personally, i would never agree with selling to a trader again i think the moaning about running costs for our rado's also drives a lot of negativity, all of which is unnecessary. when you do the math & compare total costs to run either lease or pay for a 'new' car for a year the outlay is phenomenal & often you dont even own the car - never mind the depreciation! my valver for example costs me £30 per month to OWN, tax & insure. it has just passed it MOT with no issues & had a service - lets say £250 with the donor headlights i had to buy for the adjusters. so, apart from fuel & consumables like tires i have an annual outlay of £280 & it is currently going UP in value i know that would barely even cover 1 months installment(rental lol) of a 'new' car

brilliant!!! best one from the weekend i have read yet PMSL

thats the point i was trying to raise :)

try the suppliers section for user ThursDave & drop him a line - he works in the parts dept of a VW branch & can get you the part numbers & prices etc ;)

i see & yes i understand the bushes can be a pain to get back in it was the brake compensator which played up on my VR, it pretty much refused to come out & had to be butchered i too have KWV1's on the VR & though they are simply sublime on smooth tarmac the state of our pothole covered, uneven, stone chip surfaced, good damn awful UK roads means they can be a bit jiggly for a daily as mine is i took the valver to work today, after it got a clean sheet at the MOT last week, & the soggy suspension on that is more comfortable but doesnt like being driven hard be interested to hear your thoughts on the poly's once fitted m8 :)

ahhh poop! glad you got there & back ok though m8 how comes the spend in holland? i thought vince had got it running nice or did you skip the head gasket for the moment? how was the trip other than the bad things? cant belive you got dinged in belgium, was it bad? was the time at MIVW worth it?

not to be annoying but are OEM bushes not better than poly's for rear beam due to the nature of the 'flex' the rear setup is designed to give?

5 year thread revival!!

winner - good luck fuzz hope you sort her

oh no is Verity OK?

hope you all have a great time - looking forward to the pics gutted me, the mrs & the muttley cant go

excellent thanks Tan that would be very much appreciated :)

good info thanks Jim & saves me fuel going to see them if i can afford it i would like to have it done by a place that guarantees their work. i spent 600 hard saved notes getting the bonnet & both sides done a few years ago but am now suffering due to their poor work. if i could i would get my friend who restores camper vans to do it as i know i could get the exact job i want & gain some experiencing helping along the way but it just isnt feasible