JD Westy 10 Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) Well had a busy festive period with the VR. Bought the car from Lewis in October and a good sign for me was he was genuinely gutted to see her go I did feel a little guilty taking her from him . My first impressions on the drive home where yep I love this car so smitten from the of another good sign . The past 4 months have entailed daily driving sometimes involving a 36 mile commute down the M6 . Surprisingly the VR is better on juice than the Golf VR she replaced . I was also surprised at how much faster the Corrado is a nice surprise to say the least. Anyway about a week into ownership the driver's door handle stopped working so 4 months of entering via the pass door and opening drivers door I was waiting for a chance to get the car down to Lindon at Dubhause to have a look at he doesn't do repairs as sutch but knows just about everything about VAG motor's. Anyway I rang him a couple of weeks ago as the MOT was looming and it wasn't passing in its current state. I, d done a search on here and found Daves door repair kit but didn't fancy tackling it so asked Lindon what his stock of Corrado spares was like " not good " was the reply he, d only broke 3 in 15 years so only had a couple of boxes and no door handles..... Daves kit it was then this was duly dispatched and recieved in short order excellent service . So I read the testimonials on the thread about installing the new stainless steel life saver . Boxing Day the weather was fine lets do it. With help from my neighbour the job was done happy day's. So yesterday on the way home from work called in at the MOT station left it there and an hour later she's passed more happy days . Also over the period I, d received a Corrado badge from Cazza again excellent service .On taking the old broken badge of the grommets disintergrated Andy suggested VW might still do them ...Indeed they do 70 p each even more happy days Edited January 3, 2014 by JD Westy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sexybourbon 0 Posted January 3, 2014 Welcome along mate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James. 9 Posted January 3, 2014 Must be something in the water round here. I replaced my door striker over christmas as well. Are you likely to have been spotted in the Goose Green/Marus Bridge area of town ? In the mean time... Pictures ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JD Westy 10 Posted January 5, 2014 Quite possibly James do a bit into Wigan . No pics its bone stock not a lot to see ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James. 9 Posted January 5, 2014 That's solved a small mystery then. I know someone who lives up that neck of the woods and has mentioned a blackberry Corrado a couple of times. And I knew it wasn't the Billinge blackberry as he said it was stock as a rock. Anyway, welcome to the fold and hey standard pictures are all good. It seems more and more Corrados are heading that way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JD Westy 10 Posted January 5, 2014 It isn,t the intention for it to stay stock but most of my funds are being piled into my VW Bus . Having said that I am enjoying a stocker but minimum requirement is lowering I can,t live with the gaps between arch and tyre ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James. 9 Posted January 5, 2014 That's solved a small mystery then. I know someone who lives up that neck of the woods and has mentioned a blackberry Corrado a couple of times. And I knew it wasn't the Billinge blackberry as he said it was stock as a rock. Anyway, welcome to the fold and hey standard pictures are all good. It seems more and more Corrados are heading that way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
