I purchased a 1996 Corrado a couple of weeks ago, hired a transporter to collect from near Glasgow. I was pulled in for inspection on the motorway south of Glasgow, cops and vehicle inspectors like flies around me, "what kind of Scirocco is that then?" One cop asks. "A Corrado one," I reply! "Do you realise the tax, mot and insurance have run out?" Another cop offers. The temptation to reply "no **** Sherlock" was hard to resist! Instead I pointed out that that was why I hired the transporter.
Corrados are not the only ones to suffer idiot remarks, I have a mint 1981 Scirocco, supercharged 1.8 20valve conversion. Neighbour stops to look at it on my drive, asks me about it, so I explain as simple as possible that basically it's quite fast. His parting shot was "so people are surprised when an OLD BANGER Scirocco is faster than their new car!"