Okay so I bought a 92 corrado slc with the help of my dad about a month ago (I live in the US), and essentially got shafted, as the person who sold it to us entirely misrepresented that car. We took it to get inspected some days after purchase and found that the entire transaxle was bad and had to be replaced, so right off the bat that was like $1500. It has various other imperfections that we were aware of, but did not consider them a big deal. Unfortunately, one of those imperfections has become a potentially major problem ( I assume). Let me say that I do not have much knowledge on the general maintenance of cars, and while my dad is pretty good, he's not a mechanic, and certainly doesn't know much about this car, so forgive me if I sound quite uneducated when talking about it. Anyway, for the problem: Originally we thought it was a case of old plugs and wires that needed to be replaced. The car would sometimes simply not accelerate, as if the engine was just not getting enough fuel or firing correctly. We thought that it was a result of the plugs fouling, because if the car were driven more carefully and easily, or if it was opened up on the highway and given a chance to run steadily, it would seem to clear out and run better after that. However, one day it really just wasn't working well enough to drive, not responding to the throttle and hardly starting up, so we decided to try and correct the problem We couldn't replace the wires/ plugs immediately, so we used a lubricant/cleaning type oil that my dad is fond of for his other vehicles, adding it to the fuel to try and clean the motor a little better. Unfortunately, instead of making it better, the car just ran worse. We tried opening it up on the highway, and it became dangerous as the car ran progressively worse because it would literally stop accelerating, and began to die at idle. We ended up getting stuck and having to get towed home, the car completely nonfunctional. My dad thinks it is related to the fuel system being dirty, but is not sure whether there are things that are broken and need to be replaced, and unfortunately is unfamiliar with the car and so cannot attempt to analyze or fix anything at this point. We just ordered the factory service manual to help us out, but I was just hoping that someone here might have some insight as to what the problem could be. I think the Corrado is an amazing vehicle, and have wanted one for such a long time, but this is really depressing :( . I only hope it's not too expensive to get it back into running shape, because I would hate to see my new car sitting for the next few months
