Harrier

Yesterday - I popped into my local VW dealer to order an oil filter and sump nut/washer. To my eternal astonmishment they actually had them in stock and available over the counter. Mind you I think they know me by now and asked after my old Golf and the Corrado so maybe they knew I'd be back this time of year :D

 

Unfortunately when reversing back into the garage I noticed a couple of spots of dark fluid on the floor which I'm guessing is a small oil leak. Strangely it washed straight off the drive so I may be lucky with it being a weep from a coolant pipe and running off a dirty part of the engine. Anyway, the next job will be to take a look and see what's happening there. So I probably won't be driving it until it's warm and dry enough to get it onto the stands and take a look underneath. At least I don't need it as a daily :)

You might find that oily looking fluid is 'just' road salt & muck of the roads.Especially if it washes away with water

Received my calendar today,its great thanks Meth. I especially like August ;-)

Mine has a Vauxhall Astra battery cover fitted as old one was tatty.Well worth having something on there

You could look out for second hand carriers,i know they are over £100 each new.If you are not in a hurry to change them,some are bound to come up

Oooh , nice ! such a rare colour. I have some wheel caps to fit that too.Good job its a million miles away or i could be tempted

Tunnel cover has he area around the front securing screw damaged, the one that sits under he handbarake, its hardly noticable but alas is not A1 sorry.

Do you have a pic ?

Welcome to Corrado Forum, your question about being 38 ,being the oldest to buy a Corrado? Far from it,there are quite a few owners 40+,including myself

Looking amazing Rams,be good to see it one day,maybe a Southern area meet some time in the new year ,could be a good idea ?

How much for the centre tunnel cover please,so long as its A1 condition,inc postage

Well in between Xmas shopping,& putting up lights ,tree & all that + keeping the boys happy,have got the new seats in & done a few other jobs over the last few weekends.The Recaros look great and feel really supportive compared to my old seats.The heating elements work well & motors are all fine too. I've just been trying to buff them up a bit as the new leather is a bit more of a matte finish than the rest of the interior.Im getting there with Autoglym leather cream.

Also removed my eye brow trim & fitted a new front grille from Heritage parts,prefer that look now.

After using my standard steering wheel this year i fancied my Momo Race back on, for now anyway. Im running out of jobs to do on it this winter so Spring had better get here soon so i can de -sorn & enjoy driving again.

Gus & Andy,sorry old seat covers have been disposed of i'm afraid,i think they were damaged during re-trim :-(

Spot on looking C, that be !

Having spent the past few weekends at any opportunity ,on the drive, in perishing cold tinkering with mine i think its safe to say i like them quite a lot too !

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Very nice,top work !

Well i guess by the fact that no one has posted that they have them fitted ,they are not supposed to have them,not to worry ! Might try some Mk2 Golf ones on there though

May be irrelevant but Mk2 golf deffo has them.

Just on the tunnel side. The carpet should extend up to the edge of the other side.

Can anyone else confirm this ? (sorry to doubt you James) but it just looks like there should be something there & TPS told me today there is a small trim there, though its obsolete of course

Dont know ,but if you have about 1-2mm lining from the rivets then would say its in good nick

I was expecting it to be there too !

That's very helpful thanks,remember you asking same question a while back & i knew it was fairly simple,cheers !

Another Recaro related question, does anyone have a picture of where in fuse box live & earth wires connect for seat motors,did a search but nothing came up.Thanks. Daren

Ok,thanks for that :-)

Began fitting my Recaros today & was wondering if there should be a plastic trim on each runner behind seat ? I only have one each side (tunnel side) Never really noticed before.thanks. Daren

I would love an M3,only reason stopping me is i still enjoy the Corrado & wife wont let me have both ! As already said running costs of Beamer are way more than C especially if it goes wrong,however i like the fact the Corrado gets so much more attention & the comparative rarity of it.For me i would have silver grey met but would struggle with deciding on manual or SMG.I would probably say go for it but you will miss the C

Business pretty good thanks Andy,ditto be nice to see your C too .