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  6. Posted

    corradoman24, mileage is nothing, care over the years is everything.

     

    Take it from a VR6 owner with 205k miles on the clock on the original chains :)

     

    If she's been well looked after, you should do fine.

     

    Welcome to Corrado ownership! You'll be here lots... better let the g/f know... :lol:

  9. Posted

    Reminds me of when my Dad caught someone trying to steal his car outside our house at about 2am.

     

    The guy was pissed as a fart, and managed to get into the car but was failing miserably to get it started.

     

    My Dad calmly went outside and starting helping him! ;)

    (He had called the Police already obviously).

     

    Dad proceeds by helping the guy bump start the car down the road (it won't start - the ol' HT lead removed trick) to get him round the corner, with help from my next door neighbour also chipping in.

     

    Guy must think its his lucky night, until they then pull him out of the car, and sit on him for 10 mins until the cops turned up.

     

    Ah those were the days.... (was about 15 years ago now!)

     

     

    That story is closely followed by a couple of years ago when a Driving Instructor school car careered into my Dad's car one sunny Sunday afternoon. Made even more funny the fact that the driving instructor was driving! Hmmm, I'd book him! ;)

  11. Posted

    Mine is:

     

    Keys in - nothing.

    Switch to ignition, accessories on, dash lights, etc.

    Switch to start, car starts (!), and pulls back to ignition.

    Switch to off - accessories stay on until keys are removed.

     

    Most handy for the car kit - so you can carry on talking with the engine off. It only disables when you remove the key (bluetooth kit).

     

    I've also wired my stereo to its own permnament live feed.

    Makes me take the face plate off, and means I can have it on whenever I want, regardless of keys :)

     

     

    Is it possible your ignition switch has been replaced with a Passat one or something?

  17. Posted

    You don't want to extend the lock-pulse though.

     

    Lock pulse should only goto a max. of 3 secs, else you'll start burning motors and pumps out.

     

    You need to have an auxillary control on the alarm, which will provide power to the full closure system to let it close. Depending on alarm it'll either:

    a) be a button you press first, then set alarm when done

    b) one button does it all if you're lucky

    c) can't do it, rip it out ;)

     

    Cliffords, for example, are b), but mine shorted one of the control ports out, so I'm now a) ;)

  20. Posted

    It's sadly not how council funding works.

     

    They get set money for repairs, then some for safety, etc.

    If they don't spend it all, it doesn't carry over, and they get less next year.

     

    It is stupid though - the council's should be more creative and put a repair of a road down as a safety measure ;)

     

    But, they're thick. So hey.

  23. Posted

    "That's gonna cost at least $400...."

     

    MX5's (or Miata if you like an ape running your country) are a bitch to powerslide though.

     

    They either understeer like that, or oversteer waaay too much leaving you pointing the wrong way! :)

     

    (Talks from experience)

  25. Posted

    I'm not quite 250k miles, dinkus, but thanks anyway!

     

    You know what, the VR engine is a tank.

    Mileage is irrelevant if its been looked after.

     

    I'm more wary of 40k 10-year old cars, 'cos their servicing is more likely to be irregular.

    Suspension will still need doing on aged car, etc.

     

    I'm on original chains, with no real sign of wear.

    Car gets oil+filter changes every 4-5k miles and I fix what breaks :)

     

    Highest mileage VR engine I've seen was 320k in a highline Golf, iirc...

     

    What I'm trying to say is, the checks shouldn't really change. There isn't anything really that miles brings to a car faster than it aging normally anyway. Yes, obviously check the engine - but you'd do that regardless of mileage, as its the TLC and servicing its received that depends on the QUALITY of car you'll be buying.

     

    You can't get a car to 225k miles in 8 years without looking after it.

    You could, however, get it to just 40k miles without a care in the world...

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