mmacneill123 0 Posted June 16, 2016 (edited) The unthinkable (a week ago at least) has now happened and after many years of Corrado ownership I am having to sell for the sake of maintaining peace in the home (spent too much money on "it") and for my new wife to not be ashamed to get in my car (she is Japanese and in Japan nobody has a car over 10 yrs old, ever - I mean just about zero!!!). The good points: Fully adjustable suspension all round - tie rod ends just done on front suspension (Tuesday this week), tight and sharp 4 x v.good tyres, 3 x Toyo - went over nail a few weeks ago and 1x is a Barum on back Nice 15" Wolfrace alloys, slightly curbed in places but still great Custom exhaust - sounds awesome CDN (?) air box -sounds great sucking the air in 4 bar fuel reg (this week) New Bosch plugs and Bosch leads this week MOT Dec 2016 New MAF January 2016 New ISV April 2016 New Bosch Lambda sensor last month New starter motor Mar 2016 New battery Oct 2015 All temp sensors and radiator sensors replaced in last month New distributor, rotor arm Nov 2015 Replaced most important relays in box (Mototronic, Fuel Pump, Load Reduction, Rear wiper) this month Rear spoiler okay Water hose from block to heater/throttle body replaced this week All engine oil seals replaced Nov 2015 - no oil leaks at all Water pump replaced Nov 2015 New headlamp/glass Dec 2015 Drive Belt Tensioner replaced Jan 2015 (in engine photo) Smart steering heel New ignition switch and barrel (this month) New radiator and in-radiator switch and plumbing to bottom of block/oil filter (Dec 2015) New heater control unit - genuine VW replacement from VW-heritage, cost a fortune - well £350, last year sometime New genuine VW fuel rail direct from the factory - again, not cheap :-) New Rear Kenwood parcel shelf speakers - i have seriesed them with some smaller speakers that fit in the original speaker slots but have better power-rating, needs a little finishing but sounds great. New MP3/USB/Android Kenwood head unit 4 x 40W RMS. Has subwoofer output but I do not have a subwoofer! After-sales rear light replacements. Will include whatever spares I have (have two sets of rear lights and a few other bits and bobs) This still has the split rear seat and hump with original VW first aid kit and 3 of the 4 original mats. Hump I think was lost later in the model year! Seats in v-good condition but a little wear to drivers, no rips. New alarm/immobiliser fitted last year Loads of service history. "Bad" points/Advisories: 202000 miles - though for VR6 not that bad, no chain noise, a little tappet noise when idling, pulls really, really well (burnt off an Evoque last week, my wife said 'does that make you feel good?' - i said "yes") Bonnet suffers from me aerosoling it as a temporary measure before a full respray (the final straw!) as other little bits of paintwork but generally the body is in good shape. Lacquer had peeled badly and serious numbers of stone-chips so it is improved but untidy. Sunroof sealed shut - "temporary" measure when I rescued it in 2012, electrics fine but part of mechanism had broken - was on the sort out list! Speedo lazy when it is cold outside (always has been since I owned the car, never worsened) but sorts itself out within 15 or so minutes, all other MFA functions fine Drivers electric window jerky coming down, but has always been. Fine going up. Electric mirrors can be a bit sticky if not used for ever (like I have used them about twice in 4 years), after a clean of the switches they fine. Rear view mirror not in centre of window - the previous owner has araldited it on and when it fell off it left a hard lump on the windscreen so I moved it to the left and stuck it on with the right stuff. Original VW mirror though, and no viewing problems. Had to improvise when replacing the heater controls - previous owner had crow-barred them out breaking all the clips so the sealing is a little untidy around the edges, I used four clips and super-glued them in so I could screw the heater controls tight. One of the rear trim panels is missing a clip. Central locking functions most of the time but randomly stops working, was much improved after cleaning locks suggesting dodgy contacts. However, the biggie and hence the price is that is driveable (it is still my daily driver) but has been suffering from a misfiring problem since March this year which has been resistant to all attempts at me solving it (re: the list above) - it is in the garage again this week which if it gets diagnosed and fixed (my feeling is the distributor might have been slightly misfitted as sometimes everything is spot on and once cruising you seldom have a problem) the price will double! There is also a problem with stalling when left after being hot for 30 mins or so. My feeling is there is a leak in the vacuum (only fault coming from VAG-COM is Lambda out of range, too high - suggesting a leak. Looked at lambda on trip and see it dropping and moving as it should, out of range on idle suggesting a leak). Exhaust had to be resealed for MOT as lambda was too high, could be same problem. All in all, for peace in the home (we married and moved in together in March and to the lady it seems all I have done is spend money on the wrong woman) I am offering this for is £1150 (which does not even cover the cost of what has been spent in the last two months!!) and someone will sort the problem out and laugh all the way to 300K. I will be extremely glad if it goes to a good Corrado loving home and lives happily ever after! Will not even consider offer under £1000, am in Newcastle Upon Tyne but would happily drive it one more time (at a price) nationwide. HAPPILY DELIVERED TO NEW OWNER AFTER DRIVING 300 MILES ALMOST FLAWLESSLY, GREAT WAY TO REMEMBER THE CAR AFTER ALL THE TRIBULATIONS OF LAST 3 MONTHS! Edited June 20, 2016 by mmacneill123 Removed links - now sold Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilfuzzer 1 Posted June 16, 2016 Keep it and just look at it instead! Sent from my SM-G357FZ using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmacneill123 0 Posted June 16, 2016 Keep it and just look at it instead! Sent from my SM-G357FZ using Tapatalk In the olden days as a single guy that is exactly what i would have done :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sparks 0 Posted June 17, 2016 put your trouser on man dump the wife and keep the car she will cost you far less in the future plus the car will age better !! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cressa 44 Posted June 17, 2016 As a man with corrado front seats in his living room, I second that Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilfuzzer 1 Posted June 17, 2016 As a man with corrado front seats in his living room, I second that Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Haha love it had one for a while and washed wheels in the bath Sent from my SM-G357FZ using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cressa 44 Posted June 17, 2016 Manpower let the corrado's live on amongst us Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilfuzzer 1 Posted June 17, 2016 Manpower let the corrado's live on amongst us Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk True story brother Sent from my SM-G357FZ using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmacneill123 0 Posted June 17, 2016 Happily it is SOLD to an enthusiast - turns out as well that stalling problem is just a knackered dashpot :-) As Solomon said, better to live on the roof of the house than with a whining woman and he had 1000 wives and 10000 concubines, I believe he knows what he was talking about :-) She has to be happy for my life to be peaceful... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
