Jim

Have emailed Vince :)

Hi mate - paid you for my 3rd headlight switch as agreed earlier this week and sent you postage details via PM.... let me know if there's any problems. Cheers.

I didn't spec the 500 ;) It's second hand.. and didn't come with that option ;)

Well with a bit of planning I'm sure we can get various people to bring bits and pieces.. I no longer have my old shed estate car so don't really want to be carrying BBQ stuff, etc but will happily sort out food and so forth.

I'll have to try and organise this one a bit better.. in terms of getting everyone to see me when they turn up and pick up a sticker / name badge or something (cause I often struggle to find folks I'm not familiar with) and force those spectating to go and park round the front of the building rather than the back. Then we should have room for a gazebo for BBQ purposes, etc :) I think this is potentially coming together quite nicely :)

I don't know anyone who has messed with an alarm after getting it installed. The reason most people get them installed is because they don't understand wiring, or want nothing to do with it! There are so many cowboys out there it's unbelievable.. no wonder once you find a reputable person (e.g. Andy @ TrimWizard) you stick with them like GLUE! :)

Of course.. the more the merrier. I think it's looking like last weekend in November is a good one. I will get speaking to Vince!

He's a user on here.. or at least used to be. Not seen him in a while. Gotta love peoples shameless profiteering sometimes.

Certainly am mate, though I'd be going from Coventry as that's where my lock-up is / where the Corrado lives! But sure we could sort out a meeting point & convoy up.

It's not mocking - just difference of opinion. I stand by what I said before. Just because VW used to charge £400/wheel, doesn't make them worth anything near that. And even at this "bargain" price once you stick them on the car they're probably worth £300 even with tyres. What's the point! A refurbished set would probably be 98% as good and 1/3 the price.

I'm sure no one would mind you coming and having a nose around.. :)

Yep! Count me in!

Do a search for the waterpump mate. I believe you need to remove the front engine mount bolt and one of the other mount bolts then you can jack the engine up a smidge to get you access to it :) Always liked those alloys on the VR.. really uncommon to. I think they were called Le Mans..?

Original and untouched - except for the dreadful alloys!

Not dull at all mate - absolutely fascinating. I love any opportunity to learn how this stuff all goes together! Keep em coming!

How much would you want for the sunroof motor mate? (assuming it's working all ok!)

I don't think that matters mate. You can put them down as named drivers? They don't have to live locally or anything at all! Perfectly legitimate that you might visit them 10-20 times a year and your dad likes to drive the VR and you want to make sure he's fully covered?

Parents?

£850 is a joke!

I was going to mention that the alarm thing is probably a red herring.. I think provided you have a CAT2 immobiliser then you're probably covered. Speaking from my experience, when I had a Citroen Saxo VTR.. it had an "in key" immobiliser chip but got broken into. I got the damage repaired and got a Clifford alarm fitted at considerable expense and then gleefully rang up the insurance company to declare the alarm and claim the discount on my premium. They were only too happy to tell me that, as the car already had the minimum level of required security, I'd get no additional discount. They just love to f@ck you over at any opportunity. So essentially an alarm is only for your peace of mind / deterrant purposes - it won't make bugger all difference to the premium. A tracker is probably a different story though..

Poor old car... had a reprieve when Nikki bought it and now finally getting broken :( Sad really, for the sake of a pair of fricking seats!

I'd expect to get a drink thrown over me if I was to try any of those lines on women in bars!! :)

I don't necessarily blame the insurance companies for the high prices honestly. I blame the British public in general for quite gleefully accepting compensation payouts for "whiplash" injuries and having weeks of premium hire cars. Seriously - do they think the insurance companies are a charity? Where do they think the money to pay for that has come from? It's the usual problem of peoples greed and short sightedness that is coming back to bite us all. I just resent that we're ALL picking up the bill...

Can't imagine that's the case with Chris Knott.. I took out my policy for the VR with them last year when I was 29...?

Am tempted myself but then I'd only have two mint ones and nothing else