Bought one... by mistake!!

[Ruck 10]

Well hello!!

 

So handing my 2011 520d back to the company in sept as moving jobs and needed a new car.... started off with a budget of £10k... and werent sure what i wanted.

 

3 weeks of searching - def on a mazda 6 mps.

 

Then for some reason im on pistonheads... end up looking for mk 2 golf gti's. Then for some reason thought 'oh corrado ... always liked them. lets see'.

 

Then i found one.. 2.0 16v .. white... 54k on the clock.. FSH, all past MOT's .....

 

Went to see it this morning ... and deposit went down :) Paid £2250 - which is prob top end for the car, but its soooo clean.

 

So now... time to find to wash, clay and wax the car on saturday... and then spend some time here learning about the car and finding a new set of boots for it!!

[Jim 1]

Sounds like a fair price if the car is as tidy as you say, and given that it has that mileage! Look forward to seeing some pictures!

[Ruck 10]

Tis on pistonheads:

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2699358.htm

[CazzaVR 0]

Looks excellent! Good find 8)

[aide 0]

welcome along, that doesn't sound like a mistake at all :)

[Ruck 10]

The mistake bit is about to get bigger... new headunit, new amp, components ... all being sourced at the mo.

 

Change of discs, pads and brake fluid next sunday, and new exhaust to go on.

 

All being done but keeping the car as original looking as possible!

[Toohottotrot 10]

54k and tidy sounds like a good buy to me......welcome to the dark side! :)

[Ruck 10]

Well... car is very well rated... and did something to me not many cars have in the past - made me smile when driving...

 

So car number 17.... and my 7th white car!

 

(really wish i hadnt messed up my profile name here when registering now!! RCUK on all other forums!)

[Portent 0]

Well... car is very well rated... and did something to me not many cars have in the past - made me smile when driving...So car number 17.... and my 7th white car!(really wish i hadnt messed up my profile name here when registering now!! RCUK on all other forums!)

This is what I love about mine... it makes me smile while driving and that hasn't happened to me in other cars for years. Welcome to the fold.

[Toohottotrot 10]

I drove nothing but Corrados from 1993 up to 2002........except 6 months with a 911, (sold it and bought another Corrado). All ways missed the 'rado while I was in Oz so as I'm back in the Uk for a while I bought another. Slipped into the drivers seat, fired up the V6 and fell in love again! Oh how I missed them!

[UberMoose 10]

Epic fail

[Ruck 10]

??

[Donjon 0]

Epic fail

Think he means with the forum name mate. Anyway welcome to the forum, even though some of us no longer have corrados we still come on here!

[Ruck 10]

Epic fail... doesnt even come close!!

 

Only joined to check a few posts on here... so didnt check what i bloody wrote .... Epic Muppet might be closer to the truth!

[Butterfly 0]

You can ask a mod to change it... but beware, mods asked to change user names often change them to something you didn't ask for!!!

(Bit of an in joke which you wont get so don't worry, I'm sure they wouldn't do that to a newbie ;) )

 

Oh, and sounds like a nice car. Get some pics up :)

[James. 7]

Saw this advertised a while back. Glad it's found a home, especially with that mileage. My first rado was a White 2.0 16v so always nice to see.

 

Pictures please.

[UberMoose 10]

??

 

Sorry, I meant epic fail as in, awesome mistake :)

[Ruck 10]

Totally agreed re username!! Just need to remember when i log in here!

 

Currently trying to find some nice wheels - to keep it looking original on the outside.

 

Told wife im surfing porn - she sick of me and cars!!