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Nothing serious. Was a low speed bump int a Ka and a parked Saxo. Wasn't my fault, all superficial damage (mostly scrapes). Day after I polished it too.

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found a £ in the drivers seat :lol:

 

Makes a change from throwing money at your Rado! :lol:

 

I had the inlet manifold and rocker cover off mine at the weekend to have a wee gander at the breather section and to see what state the chains and upper tensioner pad were in. Got a sheared ARB link as well, the joys!

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mmmm.....

 

added up the costs of all the stuff i need to buy and get done to mine.... fainted and had to be revived by best friend only to drown sorrows in vodka.....

 

put on my nice new alloys.... polished her only for it to rain straight after.... got beeped at by lots of boy racers in suped up corsas/clios/saxos who seem to think i would be intested in them (?).... nearly crashed in rain cos of the fecking crap wipers (top of the list of things to fix)

 

stared out of kitchen window at her sitting outside and felt proud.... awwwwwww!!!!!

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vodka works, actually fixing the things is a lot better. strangely addictive too. :D

 

out of interest, does your driver's side wiper feel wobbly? if so, your linkage may be knackered. like mine was. replaced it this weekend, and now it's top notch again - with lupo wipers too btw. well worth checking.

 

ta

randal

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mmmm.....

 

added up the costs of all the stuff i need to buy and get done to mine.... fainted and had to be revived by best friend only to drown sorrows in vodka.....

 

put on my nice new alloys.... polished her only for it to rain straight after.... got beeped at by lots of boy racers in suped up corsas/clios/saxos who seem to think i would be intested in them (?).... nearly crashed in rain cos of the fecking crap wipers (top of the list of things to fix)

 

stared out of kitchen window at her sitting outside and felt proud.... awwwwwww!!!!!

 

I'm moving back through to Glasgow on Friday, I'll have to keep an eye out for you! :)

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vodka works, actually fixing the things is a lot better. strangely addictive too.

 

out of interest, does your driver's side wiper feel wobbly? if so, your linkage may be knackered. like mine was. replaced it this weekend, and now it's top notch again - with lupo wipers too btw. well worth checking.

 

ta

randal

 

yeah, it is.... will get it looked at tonite when the exhaust is getting fixed....

 

ta much!!!

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Spent the weekend trying to sell my body on ebay to pay for the new clutch and clutch cylinder thats just been fitted to the car.

 

Am now trying to work out how to pay for new rear calipers,exhaust,and a supercharger overhaul.

 

Went into a porsche delearship at the weekend, guy admires car and then anounces that a boxster is cheaper on parts than my c .

 

You think i dont know that by now...........

 

Washed it,polished,cleaned it, then drove down a dirty track and got it filthy.

 

Another enjoyable weekend with my car.

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Went into a porsche delearship at the weekend, guy admires car and then anounces that a boxster is cheaper on parts than my c

 

He's gonna say that to entice you into a sale....but he's talking carp. Brake discs, pads, exhausts, filters etc... ALL considerably more than Corrado ones....and that's before we even look at dealer servicing cost comparisons and more specialist parts!

 

Anyway, in keeping with the thread.... last week I just drove it (1300 miles) and put petrol in it 8)

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Went into a porsche delearship at the weekend, guy admires car and then anounces that a boxster is cheaper on parts than my c .

 

:lol: found out the same thing recently, a friend has a boxter S. When he has been in to see his dealer for a few things (like broken door handle), they've said that shouldn't have happened and they then fixed it for nothing. It isn't under warranty or anything. Also his servicing was quite cheap (£260), esp. considering its a porsche, but he hasn't had anything major done on it yet...

 

Not done anything to the C this week, been decorating the house. Got a busy weekend planned for the C though, incl. oil change, susp. adj etc etc....

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live in Bellshill now (strictly speaking just outside Glasgow) but am in and out the town most days.... u?

 

Just over the Kingston Bridge basically.

 

Where do you take your car to get any work done? Me old man's a mechanic, but he's going to be about 40 miles away as of Friday and my tool kit isn't that extensive! :)

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ahhh.... fortunately i have a friend who worked for VW and a few other pals who know there way round a car (have u guessed i aint mechenically minded???) who help me out so havnt had to go to garage as yet....

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We'll have to try & arrange some sort of get-together for the Glasgow chapter of the Corrado Forum!

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yup... agreed

 

am definately up for it.....

 

We can tell that from the Faceparty profile ;)

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yup... agreed

 

am definately up for it.....

 

We can tell that from the Faceparty profile ;)

 

Ah I remember those, used to be a good giggle passing the time away at college. :lol:

 

Friend of mine is still obsessed with it now, think he spends a lot of time just being abusive, or pretending to be a 21 year old hottie. Watch yerself, you have been warned :lol:

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As with most popular sites - it was good in the beginning, but now full of Trolls - in both meanings of the word!

 

http://www.hi5.com on the other hand.... ;)

 

:offtopic1:

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We can tell that from the Faceparty profile

 

oi... watch it or you'll find yourself getting chased down by a shiney red 2ltr!!!!!! :D

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Beat me to it. Still, a breathed on 2.0 lump could do it.

 

scarlett how handy are you with port/polish, new cams, big valves, re-boring, red top injectors etc...? :D

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scarlett how handy are you with port/polish, new cams, big valves, re-boring, red top injectors etc...?

 

eh?.... em?.... well...... complete S*$~ actually....

 

can do oil changes n replace wheels tho.... (come on, thats not bad for a girl.......)

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