robrado974

Welcome along mate and welcome to Vag ownership . By teething problems he means , little problems , niggles , that sort of thing .

Take a look at my thread I did when mine was playing up Rog .

That's a good price , I had exhausted my efforts to sort my car out and a garage fitted mine , looks like they bunged an extra £30 on top , cheeky !!

Well done one the mot pass . The storm looks in lovely condition .

You could try and replace it , as i have . But at £80.00 iirc its not a cheap fix if it does not work , as in my case . Not that im saying its not the fault on Rog's car though .

Thats a great idea , i would love to drive one just to see what they are like . I suppose its a bit like Hamond driving a Dodge Charger ,as he always wanted one [one of my favourites too].

Sorry to jump in here Rog , Loepan , when i say picking up the revs , the only way to decribe it is , its like you have run the car out of fuel , then put some in so its spluttery until the fuel is in full flow . Rog , i tried to make a video of mine this evening , to see if its like your problem , but in typical rado style it started fine lol

This sounds exactly like the problem i have , every now and again Rog . Mine will fire straight away but struggles to pick up the revs . If i turn off the ignition and try again it fires as normal . Fuel wise , i have a new regulator , the pump has been changed , fuel filter is new and the pressure has been tested . The injectors must be ok too as i have no loss of performance at any speed .

Sorry mate , will explain . I had the rear of the car smoothed . Two years after I went back to oem . There were no holes for the badges , so they were bonded on (paint shop type glue ) . Rob

I bonded mine on .

Thanks for the reply Matt. I will cut it off then , mine is banging on the double sided hanger in the middle , the one with the long bar . Rob

I've got an annoying banging coming from underneath the car . So I jacked it up knowing it was the exhaust . The noise is coming from an exhaust hanger that I think should not even be there . It's the middle hanger . The exhaust is hung from where it should be , but there's an extra hanger , by hanger I mean on the exhaust not the body work . Anyone else have a Jetex and found the same problem ? . If it's made for a Vr , why does it have this ? . I'm thinking just cut it off as it's not needed and it's banging on the underside of the car . Kind regards Rob

Thankyou for all your comments . I've been looking on the net , doing some research . And you chaps are right . Unless I can sell the VR and save for what will be an age , i won't end up with a top end car , I will end up with a money pit . I would only be able to buy one that needed a lot of work doing to it and as some bloke in the film Christine said , "you can't polish a turd ". I will always love this iconic car for what it is . I have never driven one either so as you say I could be disappointed with it compared to a Corrado . Thanks again . Rob

Nice pics , the car looks in fantastic condition .

I'm sure I saw one the other day when a 2cv sold for 10k ?! . Ten large for Dolly ? I almost chocked on me coffee .

Thats a bummer !

Im the same when ive finaly found a part ive been looking for lol

I know what you are saying Jim . And you are right, the whole Vag parts situation sucks . They said on the programe that it was hard to get the parts . Its been said a million times before , but its so true , why are Vag so bad with the parts situation , they should be proud that their 1980's and 90s cars are still going strong and turn peoples heads when out on the road .

All points of view taken onboard chaps thankyou . Obviously i would not jump in at the deep end and just go and buy one , research has to be done . I stand corrected on the date of the programe .Having said that its still cheap for that car .Ive got stuff to do to my car first to get it to where i want it to be . If i made the decision to sell i would want the car to be tip top and not need anything doing to it . Pipe dream for a Quattro ? who knows .

I really want one Sean ,always have . Ive had the VR for seven years now , maybe just maybe time to move on .Its the only car i would want and make me part with the Corrado . Having said that even then i think they would have to sedate me , while the new owner drove away !.Also its finding a reasonable one for the right dough .

I watched the Quattro programe yesterday . Not only has this unlocked a big longing for this car that i thought i had buried in the back of my mind . But how on earth did he find the car for 3k or3.5 i cant remember now . The car was in good condition and yes work was needed ,but not that much . As far as i know it was aired in 2013 so only last year , he sold it for 6k . Christ i would have ripped his arm off at that price . I was looking for one seven years ago ,but could not afford one .Then when Robbie r32 took me out in the corrado i was hooked and bought the VR. Watching this has really made me want one again , not many on pistonheads though . Rob

I would take these if you could post . Rapped in bubble rap , in a cardboard box they will be fine . Rob

Well done mate , great to see the lump back in .

The attachment people have to their cars is amazing really , must have been hard to see it drive off , up the road Darren . I'm into 7th year of Rado ownership now and although like everyone else , it's had its ups n downs , it would be very hard to let go .

Ah , swop over 93, mines a late 92 but has a dizzy .let us know if you solve it , as it helps others in the future .