for sale Blackberry Metallic VR6 for £3100.00 or PX A4 Avant - Newcastle

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VR6 | Blackberry Metallic aka Bramble Metallic | Newcastle Upon Tyne

Price: £3100.00 or Swap/PX for Audi A4 Avant

Description:

Miles: 141K miles (going up...)

Tax: 6months (end of March 2013)

MOT: May 2013 (Last MOT had no advisories at all - Lookers VW dealership in Middlesborough).

Colour: Blackberry metallic

Tel: 079 68 5 8 5 4 1 0

 

 

It's a blackberry metallic, L-reg Corrado VR6. Full black leather interior, thorough service history and history file. Well looked after and drives well. Engine is standard VR6, 2.9litre lump, with a generic induction cone - I have a stock airbox (included) too but prefer the noise - and is quick, strong, and sounds amazing when you plant the throttle pedal. It also has a full stainless Miltek exhaust - single oval tail pipe - enough 'thrum' to notice but quiet at motorway cruising speed. Chains and tensioners done last year, as was headgasket (See below). It has a semi-polished inlet manifold and parts of the valve cover are polished too - not perfect but look good. The car is fitted with an SWG one piece scuttle cover too.

 

No expense spared work done by Stealth Racing a year ago included (bill of £1630!):

 

- Timing chains

- Tensioner

- New clutch

- Oil pump

- Other belts and tensioners

- Sump gasket, inlet gasket, cam cover gasket

 

Suspension are KW variant 1's Inox, with stainless steel bodies. Very clean, rust free with a firm but not bouncy ride, but definitely sporty. Currently sporting Audi TT 17inch Competition alloys, that I have painted an OEM silver colour (were a tarnished polished finish beforehand). Tyres are 195/45/17s, very skinny low profiles, and Toyo's.

 

Interior is very very good, all black leather seats with black carpets and dash. No rips or tears. It has a Momo Race steering wheel, great size for the car and doesn't feel like the toy-style wheels like the Team. I have the warning triangle but not the first aid kit.

 

Exterior paint is straight and good but not 100% perfect. Stone chips along the front of the bonnet and the strip under the grill/lights, with a patch round one washer jet where the paint has gone a bit funny (lacquer reacted). Couple of light waves in the bonnet too. Slight bubble on the outer edge of one wheel arch but hard to spot without looking. Small dent in the front edge of the bonnet where it dips to meet the grill, about an inch wide. Despite this it polishes up very well, very shiney.

 

Electrics work - sunroof, fogs, spoiler windows, all the lights, door mirrors (sometimes you need to click the button twice), heaters on all speeds, all lights etc. It also has a Thatcham Cat 1 alarm and immobiliser with central locking. It has DDI illuminated dials too, which looks really good and give the interior a really nice modern feel (and are way easier to see in the dark!). It has Lupo wiper arms and aero wiperblades.

 

The service book is very thorough. No expense spared on repairs or servicing - 2011 bill from Stealth Racing for an engine tear down and renewal. Loads of big bills for everything and anything on the car, and almost exclusively main dealer or specialist.

 

In my short time with the car it's had a new rear engine and gearbox mounts (front is a vibratechnic fast road mount), rear brake pads, blue temp sensor, and to sort an idle/off throttle jerk issue I have put on a replacement (and cleaned) throttle body and much stiffer throttle damper (aka dashpot). I've tidied up some of the trim and other little aspects; plus I have replaced the Inpro rear lights with OEM amber and reds, plus the side repeaters from smoked to amber, and the front indicators are now amber too. A badged OEM grill went on just this weekend. I had a brand new windscreen fitted last weekend as the old one was scratched and stone chipped. Just replaced the later brittle plastic inlet pipe with an earlier thicker/beefy rubber inlet.

 

The plate is a private one, and is included with the car. It's currently for sale and valued at £850. The car is originally an L-reg model before it got the private plate.

 

It's currently got a pair of JBL component speakers with an amp and sub in the boot - I'm keeping the headunit, amp and sub but leaving the wiring and speakers, so it would be simple enough to put your own amp/sub in their instead. Could be persuaded to leave them in though...

 

Negatives? Not many. The aforementioned stone chips and exterior bits is the main one . The passenger side window has been scratched by catching the rubber seal when wound down. Handbrake lever has been replaced with a shiney metal cover which isn't stock - not the end of the world I know. More than happy to talk on the phone is you want to ask any questions, could be stuff I've missed or not considered so feel free to interogate me.

 

I'm selling to get an estate car due to family expansion next year. I'd like to sell the Corrado, but I am open to a deal involving an Audi A4 Avant (B6) either straight swap or a PX with cash my way or a small amount your way.

 

Happy for test drives but only if insured!

 

For 148 pics of the car in it's various guises and whatnot since I've owned it, go here >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mookboy/sets/72157629761366634/

 

Thanks!!!

 

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(Now has a cone filter)

 

Now with a badged grill.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 10, 2012 by mookie