Steve&Claire

Thanks guys for all tha advice. I pulled out two immobilisers and an alarm and the car has been fine ever since. Seemed whoever fitted the last immobiliser piggy-backed the original, causing the whole system to fail. Fixed now anyhow :lol:

My wife has finally decided she wishes to stray from the great VW scene, and buy a Scooby :oops: She currently has a 1991(J) 1.8 16v Corrado with 92k (FSH). It has 17" BK299's with Toyo Proxes, excellent unmarked grey interior and very good metallic blue body. Everything works, it will have 12 months MoT, 2 months Tax. It has recently had new cross drilled Bremsport discs fitted. The engine has no rattles at all, and pulls very well. It also has a Kenwood mask CD player fitted. Can anyone give me an idea as to what she should be aiming to get for this? Thanks all

Could be an earting problem I guess. My fuel pump is getting noisier and noiser. Do you think that could have an electrical fault. Does it have an electric motor?

OK, here goes my two pennies. GSF do the ignition switch for a tenner, and its definately not a 30 minute job, as you have to remove the steering lock mechanism from the steering column in order to gain access to the tiny screw that holds the switch in situ (steering lock should be bolted to the column with shear bolts, so you have to drill the heads off). Anyway, I changed mine last Thursday because my car cut out in the same way - lost all power and came (eventually) to a grinding halt. Having changed the switch I was satisfied that I had resolved the matter, but it cut out on me again today :cry: When I tried to restart the car absolutely nothing happened, in fact I couldn't even get the windows to operate. After about 10 attempts the lights on the dash lit up, the fuel pump powered up and weh hey!, all is well. Does anyone have an idea as to what the next thing is I should be checking? :?:

Uh Oh....real wife just read this over my shoulder :oops:

Sorry K....didn't mean to offend anyone with a picture of my wife :wink: :D :D :D

Could be an effective way of lowering the car :lol:

Here you go guys, got both sides painted in the end - 50 dents had to be sorted!! Still got to lower it though. :oops:

Yeah there are too many around, but that's because they are a very good wheel. My wife's car has them - yes alright I know it needs lowering (haven't got round to it yet).

The oil cooler is about £35 plus VAT at German & Swedish. I've replaced them on both my VW's. Big problems if the burst because the water and oil mix and go right through the car's plumbing (trust me, it's happened to me!)

Hey Guys! I drive a Corrado (and I'm female). And no, my wheel rims aren't ruined. Claire :evil:

Well, he didn't take the windows out because he was worried about the rear quarters being bonded in. Did a very good job of masking though. I'd give it 8. Paint finish is perfect, and they have their own oven. The quote you got is pretty reasonable at non-mates'-rates. I don't think the guys where I got mine done will quote you massively under that.

By the way, that £700 included two roof strips from VAG!

LOL, no, it's a friend of a friend. He had some spare time on his hands before he went skiing, so he did it for that price - including paint. No I'm not sleeping with him....and no I didn't flirt, my husband dealt with it :)