Bad Times, What to do?

[Jay2 0]

Hhmmmm.......me with a G60 with a knackered body but decent engine & you with a decent body ( :camp: ) & knacked engine? :norty:

 

Whereabouts in the country are you mate?

 

Have you got anymore pics of the car?

[g60greeny 0]

which is all good an well if the rado is a 2nd car

mine was a daily an although it was 99.9% reliable i wanted something newer for work an couldnt afford 2 cars.when the times right financially i will get another g60 but as a 2nd car :)

[foster 0]

Its a case of so much to think about with no real right answer i guess.

Have always wanted a corrado since I was a kid, now I've owned two and if this hadnt happened I'd not be considering losing the one I have.

This is a choice made with my head not my heart.

Will be putting a breaking advert in the for sale section soon.

Sure I'll have another rado one day.

[foster 0]

Hhmmmm.......me with a G60 with a knackered body but decent engine & you with a decent body ( :camp: ) & knacked engine? :norty:

 

Whereabouts in the country are you mate?

 

Have you got anymore pics of the car?

 

Im in swanage dorset. I'll get some pics up asap. Hopefully in a minute.

 

And yes I have a great body. :norty:

[foster 0]

Shitty camera pictures Im afraid.

Taken before I put the new seats in. I'll try and get some more soon

[Jay2 0]

Pity about the distance. :(

 

The bodywork looks good though mate, especially the blue paintwork. :(

[waynos 0]

u sure u wanna split it? theres an engine in the parts section for 450? would be a shame to see another corrado being broken down

[oldskoolkool 0]

you cant break it its too dam good looking to break as waynos said ther's one it the for sale section would not take someone a weekend whos slightly mechanically minded to do a straight engine swap and you would keeping the c's alive,and also any one would look like a pe**s in a TT!!!! (sorry for the offensive language) lol but its your wallet unfortunatly..... :nuts:

 

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[Furkz 0]

car looks soo good on the bbs

[corozin 0]

The thing about the TT is that whilst it may seem like a great idea, it's reaching the kind of mileage where stuff is going to start falling off and breaking as various componants reach the limits of thier design lives over the next couple of years.

 

Obviously the Corrado is well past that point now but it does have advantages in that at least it's possible to do a lot of work on the car yourself. An Audi TT is quite a different proposition to the DIY'er and far more jobs require diagnostic equipment, and specialist tools to carry out.

 

If I were you I would ring around for more opinions on the cost of doing the 1.8T conversion. I really don't believe that the costs of that vs buying a TT are comparable, although I appreciate you would get something for your Corrado shell to offset some of the cost. Obviously everyone has thier own circumstances to cope with, but I would say it's worth a few extra calls to places like The Phirm or Jabbasport etc to check the costs out.

 

Finally let's face it TT's are owned by girls and puddle-jumpers. They're looking so 1990's already IMHO. If you really do want a more contemporary & powerful 4WD car then look at an Audi S3 or S4. If you really just want to go quick a secondhand Evo6 is a much better choice than a TT and doesn't come with the effeminate image issue.

 

[/i'll get my coat...]

[g60greeny 0]

 

Finally let's face it TT's are owned by girls and puddle-jumpers.

 

dont talk sh!t :bad-words:

[foster 0]

Yeah im gonna finally jump in and say that all this TT bashing just wants to make me prove the haters wrong.

Both the TT and the Corrado have thier good points and bad points.

I'm looking for a daily driver and cant justify using the Rado as one.

If you wanna call TT drivers fags then fine, I've loved owning a corrado, I wanted one since I was a kid and since having two I've enjoyed every minute of them. If I wanna drive a pink TT around now its up to me. Don't mean im gonna start loving men.

I get the impression that some people buy a corrado just so they can join an exclusive club of rado owners, as if its some duty to car enthusiasts.

One day I hope I'll have enough cash to maintain a corrado properly, until then I'll be driving my poofs car.

 

Maybe I drank too much tonight!

 

Good night. :)

[dukest 0]

no, good on you mate..

 

in my view most people dont seem to realise that until the recent scirocco, the only concievable vag successor to the corrado has been the tt - its a small, golf-platform based, affordable coupe.. more curvy than sporty looking agreed but still a great car as popularity shows.

[joby 0]

The poor old TT has always had a bashing, Probably something to do with its popularity, I owned a nice (225) S3 for 12 months and never really found it that exciting to drive even with all its 4 wheel drive and every electrical trickery you could think of and its imence power compared to my lowly 1.8 16 valve corrado! The corrado still excited me more to drive, Thats why it took pride of place in my garage and the Audi sat outside..

[dukest 0]

aaaaannnnyway, how much ;)

[coullstar 0]

I totally agree with what your doing, sometimes you do have to move on. I kind of had the same decision about 6 months ago but the fact I have a daily Golf Tdi helped a lot to keep the Corrado. TT's are ok, they were/are popular but I get a feeling it was more to do with their image than thier driving dynamics. In fact a lot of journalists didnt rate the handling etc that high, too boring IIRC. Saying that they are great inside but if it was my choice I would be looking at an S3. Just as "boring" to drive standard, more pratcical and only need a few tweeks for a great daily. I loved my S3.

[Pete 0]

Hiya,

How much do you want for it?

[aki 0]

hi

how can you even consider breaking a car without finding out for sure what the dodgy noises are? might just need shells for heavens sake! take the sump off and find out! dont write the poor thing off untill you know for sure that its fubar! also im pretty sure that its goin to be cheaper to rebuild a g60 bottom end than install a 20v or buy a tt! and frankly im yet to drive another car that drives like a corrado yes for sure they creak abit but when your leaning on the rear bushes and feeling the rear wheels steering nothing comes close! steering feel!? whats that in a mk4 golf audi tt audi s3 etc? just my 2p!

andy

[__Andy__ 0]

of course its up to you but i wouldnt break it, if youve got the money to buy a tt and thats wot u want then do it. like aki said though, at least find out what exactly is wrong with it first before condeming it. gd luck, ill be keeping a close eye on this...

[foster 0]

Christmas day and I'm sat driving myself nuts over this bloody car!

Im still in two minds about it. After looking at all sorts of cars old and new I cant find anything like the corrado.

Pm me offers for the car and I'll get back to you.

Cant promise im gonna sell it though and if I keep it then its gonna be BAM TIME!!!

Happy christmas everyone.

[foster 0]

hi

how can you even consider breaking a car without finding out for sure what the dodgy noises are? might just need shells for heavens sake! take the sump off and find out! dont write the poor thing off untill you know for sure that its fubar! also im pretty sure that its goin to be cheaper to rebuild a g60 bottom end than install a 20v or buy a tt! and frankly im yet to drive another car that drives like a corrado yes for sure they creak abit but when your leaning on the rear bushes and feeling the rear wheels steering nothing comes close! steering feel!? whats that in a mk4 golf audi tt audi s3 etc? just my 2p!

andy

 

Im the least mechanically minded person EVER dude.

Relyability is gonna be the deciding factor whatever I do, not sure I trust a tuned G60 as a daily.

[foster 0]

Well I'm keeping it. But I'm dumping the G60, Can anybody recommend any garages to carry out a 1.8t conversion. I couldnt even imagine doing it myself.

[Andi 2,147,483,647]

Filling out your Profile a bit might help, so then people know where you are.. :)

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[foster 0]

Yeah true I've been meaning to sort that out for ages.

Im in dorset, but am happy to travel (even if the cars not!)

[alackofspeed2 0]

Where in Dorset are you? There are bods in Dorset with 1.8t Corrados and Mk2 Golfs......

 

The conversion isn't difficult.... as long you've got half a brain, a bit of a patience, and don't mind digging in.

 

As for cost... are there any already converted Mk2s or similar for sale? A friend recently bought a Mk2 which someone had converted to run a 1.8t, cherry-picked the good bits from the golf, and swapped the engine into his (much tidier) Mk2.... The donor mk2 set him back a fairly low sum, which was further offset by selling anything of worth (leather, alloys....) from the donor.