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If you don't have any carpet cleaner then you could try some diluted washing powder. I recently cleaned some cooker parts with it and it was very effective. Maybe leave soaking for a few hours and then start scrubbing with a soft nail brush.

You might be lucky. Mine came in about 3 days. It's going to be tight though.

Very nice indeed :)

Agree with the above. If you want to be sure though and have a reliable place you normally use, then see how much it would cost for them to take a quick look for a second opinion. Shouldn't take them long so I guess it would be cheap. That would put your mind at rest.

Bugger. Glad you're ok but shame about the damage. Hope it can be repaired economically.

Spoonfed Tuning make new fibreglass ones in 70mm. However they are quite expensive and are shipped from the US. Other than that you're best bet is to look for a good used one (they come in both 50mm and 90mm). Also worth trying the dealer but I suspect the answer will be no.

Cheers. Will go with a silver emblem :thumbleft: In all seriousness it will probably get stuck somewhere in the garage near the CCGB sticker that my son stuck on the door.

I don't mind that extra £1. Wouldn't mind an emblem if they don't come on the actual lining. I'll probably superglue it onto my brothers BMW bonnet one drunken night :)

Available here for £3.11: http://www.veedubmachine.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=101_102&products_id=957 Not genuine Corrado items (I think they might be for a Polo or something similar), but they are approximately the same length. The loops are marginally smaller but with a bit of persuasion they fit fine and once on you can't tell the difference. It's what I replaced mine with.

Glad you got them sold. Best Corrado seats around imho but I'm obviously biased :) The leathers look marginally better but for pure comfort I think these take it.

Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep it :D

Really not a problem mate. I'm more than happy for you to crack on :)

Cheers for the heads up.

Sorry I didn't get around to organising this guys, but thanks to fitcy for going ahead. I really can't afford it right now. But what the hell, I'll have one. 1 x VR6 heat shield, no emblem, please :)

Good luck for the future :)

This man speaks the truth.

I have never owned an iPhone but I do have a macbook pro and my wife has had a series of Macs and iMacs. I have, however, owned several Android phones and my current one is a Samsung Galaxy Note which is like an S2/S3 on steroids. I really love this device and I use it for so much. I couldn't move to an iPhone now until they increase the screen size, improve the GPS chip and add a faster processor. I also can't stand the thought of being locked into itunes. I do, however, agree that the hardware feels more strudy and of a higher quality than most other devices. But to me that is superficial and I prefer to have the better internals and larger screen. AlsoI think it is better if you pick one ecosystem and get your devices around that. So if you have mutliple Apple products and like itunes then an iPhone makes sense. But Google based products work fine for me and when I changed phones recently all I had to do was log in to the new phone and my contacts were instantly available and many of the customisations I'd made on the previous phone (such as wallpaper) were also brought down onto the new phone. The icing on the cake is the freedom to install pretty much what I want without Apple having to agree to it. Apple for show. Android for go :D

Mmmmm. Original black cloth recaros. Lovely. I chuffing love mine. Best thing i bought for my car and i paid a lot more than this last year (although that included rears). GLWS :)

The Corrado was never meant to be the family car. When I bought it I already had the 4mo. A Corrado can be used fine for a young family but with an 8 year old and 6 year old it's getting a little too small for them... I need 4 doors :)

As some will know I've been thinking of swapping the 4mo for a while. I looked at mk5 GTI's and then, as is usually the way, gradually let my budget creep up into mk5 Edition 30 territory. I had a deadline by which to make the swap because the large service, haldex oil and MOT were all due on the 4mo this month, as well as a few other items that I would have to get done. After looking around I couldn't find a decent mk5 in the sort of condition I would be happy with and almost decided to stick with the 4mo again for another year. But a couple of weeks ago I stumbled across a slightly high mileage mk6 GTI at a main dealer for similar money to top end mk5's. It was in my first choice of colour (steel grey with black leather) and with it being one of the cheapest mk6 GTI's I could find advertised anywhere it was worth a look. The condition, while not perfect, was certainly good enough. I'll be honest; I do miss the 4mo and only now it has gone do I fully appreciate how good a car it was. It had instant acceleration, fantastic grip and traction and was in far, far better condition than anything I looked at. It had bags of room in the back for the kids and the economy wasn't too bad either for the size of engine (I averaged 29mpg on the last 1500 miles of my ownership and achieved 34mpg on a long run if taking it easy). I miss the sound too. If anyone in the near future sees EO53 WOD for sale and is in the market for a 4mo then I doubt you'll find one much better out there. But time moves on and I needed to keep a reasonably modern car for the family. The overall deal seemed good. So my first impressions on the mk6 after a few days of ownership: Exterior Looks I think I marginally prefer the more aggressive looks of the mk5 GTI but I the mk6 will age slower due to it being closer in shape to the imminent mk7. It certainly looks a million years newer than the mk4. Overall I'm really starting to like the shape. The wheels are fantastic although I suspect they will be very hard to keep unmarked. I've already put several coats of wax on them to keep the water out of the laquer. They only take seconds to clean though :D [ATTACH=CONFIG]69430[/ATTACH] Interior This is where the car really does shine. It looks and feels a very upmarket car. There are so many nice touches in it with storage holes everywhere, a cooled glove box, dual zone climate control, aircon vents for rear passengers, front and rear arm rests, footwell lighting, ipod/usb connectivity, etc. The heated leather sports seats are fantastically comfy and very supportive, allegedly made for VW by Recaro, and have electric lumbar support which is particularly useful for those of us that have killed our backs getting into a Corrado. The audio is not quite as good as the factory uprated sound in the 4mo. But that can be fixed in the future. One other downside is that with black headlining and rear privacy glass the kids have complained that it's a little dark in the back. I love thatg look as it makes it feel more enclosed and personal. But for them it's probably not quite as pleasant as the old car which was very light and airy. There are more switches and buttons on the mk6 steering wheel than on the entire Corrado dash :D And at least 10 airbags that I've counted. Practicality There isn't much to fault in a Golf. The boot is large (larger than the 4mo) and it comfortably seats 2 adults and 2 children. I guess it would be fine for 4 adults even on long trips. The kids have commented on it having slightly less room in the back than the 4mo but on the positive side there seems to be more headroom in the back. It does of course have the usual split/fold rear seat. It also has 3 rear headrests, a rear arm rest that folds down and a great little access hole in the rear seats for carrying long items through the boot into the cabin. I've always loved performance Golfs for their combination of family transport, practicality and fun factor and this one continues the trend. Performance and Handling Unfortunately it doesn't have the instant go of the 4mo where I could sit at 30mph in 6th and a tap of the accelerator would propel the car forward instantly. That's not surprising and I'll simply have to adapt my driving style to drop a gear first. I chose the manual over DSG due to long term reliability concerns. But when the turbo does spool up you do get a very satisfying push in the back, albeit with a less satisfying engine note. The handling is fantastic so far. I doubt it will have the sure footedness of the 4mo in wet or launching out of a side turning. But it does feel so much more alive and nimble than the 4mo. It is, afterall, meant to be a GTI rather than a motorway cruiser. At this it does its job very well indeed. The steering feels perfectly weighted. The brakes are very effective and have a nice progressive feel. The clutch is light and the gear changes are smooth and crisp. Economy A nice surprise was that the tax is around £190 a year which is even cheaper than mk5 GTI's due to the newer engine with lower emissions. The insurance is higher however. But fuel costs are obviously lower than I'm used to and on a very long run back from Norfolk to Surrey I managed to get 44mpg which is much higher than the 30 to 34mpg I would have got in the 4mo. With my relatively low mileage I guestimate at least a £300 yearly saving on petrol. Overall It does its job very well and I don't regret the change as the main point was to get the family into a more modern car. I do agree with some comments on them not having much "soul" but in all honesty after a 2.8 V6 with 4wd and a Corrado VR6 it was always going to be a tough act to follow on character alone. However it is a really lovely place to be sat in and so far it seems to be a fantastic family all-rounder and does feel like a return to a proper GTI, albeit a more mature GTI. Although I've owned a very long string of VAG cars since I started driving in 1988 I'm quite surprised that this is still only the second car I've had which has a GTI badge (the first being a mk2 GTI 16v).

Slight delay now due to buying a new car so my finances are tight. I still intend to get one to see what it's like but don't have the funds this month.

Might be interested in the so speakers if the buyer of the pods didnt wamt them (depending on price of course).

Mine arrived this morning :)

Welcome. Nice colour :)

Sorry looked pink in the pics on my phone :) Lovely car.