Pete Griff's 'Rado R32 - (Not quite!) Alive at last! :D

[dgtvr6 0]

the job is indeed very much underway now.

 

i just couldn't keep it - it's amazing the amount of pressure parents can put on you even when you haven't lived at home or needed cash off them for years! plus the sigh of relief my girlfriend breathed when i said i was getting rid of it was unbelievable - and i purposely made 'rado ownership as painless as i could for her! :?

 

it really was heart wrenching having to drive it for the last time and then park it up to start ripping bits off it :(

 

at the end of the day though there's light at the end of the tunnel - i'll be getting a nice newish car from all the proceeds from the corrado (think i've finally settled on an integra type-r dc5 - the new integra). and before long when i come in to some money i'll hopefully be picking up a project car that i can work on when i have some free time (so never probably!)

hence there is definitely scope to return to the corrado fold yet...

 

i really can't say enough how much i appreciate the offers of help on here - i certainly won't forget that and hopefully i've sorted those in question out with accordingly priced parts...

 

i've really enjoyed the friendliness on this forum so i recon i'll try and stick around on here in future and help people out where i can...

 

the end of an era really (albeit a short one!)

 

 

Is there no way to talk you out of this? Your car is amazing and as much as people will want parts from it if you do break it I am sure there are plenty more who would love to see it running...

 

If not then can I have first dibs on the interior? lol...

 

Vulture time really but I couldn't resist the question :norty:

 

Doh!! Just saw your other thread...breaking one obviously duh!!! Have sent you a Q on pm re interior (not in breaking thread so may be ok/within house rules etc???)

[pete_griff 0]

Do you think you will ever own another corrado?

 

i'm unsure at the moment in all honesty. i definitely want to get a second car that i can work on and leave my daily driver totally standard. that way the only thing (touch wood!) i'll have to worry about on my daily is general maintenance, which will save many many arguements! also it's much better to have a second car, as not only is it a spare car when required, but it means there is no stress whatsoever when you need to go somewhere as you've hopefully always got something that works.

 

much as i really have fallen in love with them i'm not sure if a 'rado would be he best project car...

it would defo be a cheap solution for something to shake a spanner at!

 

if i can afford it i wanted to go all out on something 4wd or rwd and i was thinking along the lines of a hayabusa turbo powerplant... (just food for thought!)

check out the zcars elise if you're bored - http://www.zcars.org.uk/

 

as it stands though i have neither the cash or time to be thinking about that sort of thing in the immediate future, so i'll have to wait and see what pans out over the next few months.

 

i have already thought about picking up another rado in future and doing the 4wd thing; that's still very much a possibility.

if i've got a second car as a project though, i recon i would want it to be far far more focussed than a 4wd corrado...

we'll have to wait and see!

[CorradoVR6-Turbo 0]

I said i would not get another raddo again.....well its my forth now! :lol:

 

The bug will come back,just you wait and see :tongue:

[pete_griff 0]

I said i would not get another raddo again.....well its my forth now! :lol:

 

The bug will come back,just you wait and see :tongue:

 

haha - love it!

 

if i do get another then it will have to be something a little more wild like 4wd turbo etc.

watch this space i guess!

 

and thanks again for the encouraging words - they've helped with some difficult descisions.

[KADVR6 0]

why not just keep the shell etc etc all safe and sound, and then use the shell as it's in very good condition for when/if you decide on vrt with 4x4.

[swiftkid 1]

I have a friend that works for Zcars :grin:

 

I can see what you mean about 4wd/rwd for the toy car, would be soo much more fun getting a bit of drift action going on or some track time.