So, are they worth it?

[Walsey 10]

OK I realise that I'm probably asking in the wrong place, but it's been 7 years since I last drove a Corrado, back then you could buy a pretty mint VR6 for around £3-4k, people were struggling to sell them and we were all wondering why MK2 Golfs were fetching much more of a premium than rado's.

 

But nowadays, dented scratched 100k miler Vr6's are on the market at £8-9k, valvers going for £5-6k, and although I appreciate that there are less on the roads now and they were always due a price rise, surely prices like that are a bit OTT?

 

I quite fancy buying a nice VR for old times sake but would be fussy about condition, even 10 years ago the difference between driving a goodun that'd been looked after and driving a shoddy one that had been cheaply maintained was night and day, I don't fancy driving a rattly/squeaky/loose old car with limp seat bolsters and slack steering, do these £8-9k cars have any chance of driving like they did 15 years ago? For that sort of money I'd be expecting the car to be mintyer than an extra strong Trebor, but looking around even at that price you're looking at dented/scratched/rusty examples, are they really worth that, and are they actually selling at that sort of money? (and if so, who the feck is parting with that sort of money for them!)

[edd 0]

I've still got a maroon vr6 bonnet Im pretty sure I bought from you 7 years ago. Yours for £500

 

 

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[Walsey 10]

Haha, that was more like 10-15 years ago, I've been living in Cornwall for 12 years and it was a fair while before I moved, time fly's!

[elliott 10]

Owners can ask all they like but it's the car that speaks value at the end of the day.

 

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[Dazz_G60_Wales 0]

I have seen a lot cheaper than that.

Most people buy them poor as a project to get up to good standard usually works out cheaper that way.

I have a fiesta diesal as a daily and use my corrado as a summer car so able to spend more on getting it tidy.

 

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[Billzeebub 1]

There are a few out there that are asking strong money when you can see the car is questionable, in terms of spec, advert detail, seller profile, mileage, condition, dodgy after market 'improvements', missed history etc..at least 2 or 3 on Autotrader fall into much of that description. With a car I generally look at the seller as much as the vehicle. I have rarely ever owned a car that has broken down so think I am a good judge. People asking top money and then listing the things that don't work. Cars listed at £12k+ when the sunroof is knackered etc..though some of the worst cars tend to be with dealers currently, squeezing the market and selling turds

 

They are obviously great cars when maintained properly throughout their lives. However, as with any sought after classic car you are buying rarity and the cool factor/ownership experience as much as the quantifiable performance. They are only going to become rarer and more sought after in the short to medium term. Mine makes me smile every time I go near it and other people's reactions to the car are generally life affirming.

 

..and FYI a 100k miler VR is really really low mileage! Properly maintained it will be sensational

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[Dazz_G60_Wales 0]

Spot on with those comments Bill

I would be looking for good motor and decent body with little rust.

The rest can be sorted with a little time and effort.

 

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[joby 0]

I think they are worth it if you are an enthusiast and willing to keep one for a long while as prices slowly seem to be rising as they are getting rarer, the americans seem to love them too, lots of videos appearing on you tube of some really fantastic cars lately. nice to see valvers on the way up too. some early ones in fantastic condition with low mileage have fetched over 5k on autotrader and ebay, maybe buyers have gone for valvers over VRs after struggling to find a VR in good enough condition, after all why should raddos be worth any less than old mk1 astras or escorts apart from availability

[VR-Sixy 0]

OK I realise that I'm probably asking in the wrong place, but it's been 7 years since I last drove a Corrado, back then you could buy a pretty mint VR6 for around £3-4k, ...... clip

Strewth!! My VR was £6750 17 years ago!!!

[edd 0]

Haha, that was more like 10-15 years ago, I've been living in Cornwall for 12 years and it was a fair while before I moved, time fly's!

 

Haha god so true, well I have been a member in here since 2003 which was when I started this bloody love affair....

 

 

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[dr_mat 0]

You'll see a bunch of duds before you find the one you want, unfortunately, but they are still a great drive and a bit of a throwback. The balanced chassis and steering feel is a complete joy compared to modern boredom boxes, and the throttle response on a VR is totally electrifying compared to literally any car that has a turbo.

 

 

A Corrado is for life, not just for the MOT.

[Dox 22]

OK I realise that I'm probably asking in the wrong place, but it's been 7 years since I last drove a Corrado, back then you could buy a pretty mint VR6 for around £3-4k, people were struggling to sell them and we were all wondering why MK2 Golfs were fetching much more of a premium than rado's.

 

But nowadays, dented scratched 100k miler Vr6's are on the market at £8-9k, valvers going for £5-6k, and although I appreciate that there are less on the roads now and they were always due a price rise, surely prices like that are a bit OTT?

 

I quite fancy buying a nice VR for old times sake but would be fussy about condition, even 10 years ago the difference between driving a goodun that'd been looked after and driving a shoddy one that had been cheaply maintained was night and day, I don't fancy driving a rattly/squeaky/loose old car with limp seat bolsters and slack steering, do these £8-9k cars have any chance of driving like they did 15 years ago? For that sort of money I'd be expecting the car to be mintyer than an extra strong Trebor, but looking around even at that price you're looking at dented/scratched/rusty examples, are they really worth that, and are they actually selling at that sort of money? (and if so, who the feck is parting with that sort of money for them!)

 

Going back 4 or 5 years owners were comparing prices of hot hatches of a similar age and saying how low Corrado prices were in comparison and wishing the prices higher. I said at the time higher prices would only prevent enthusiasts buying them and they would become a commodity for the well healed and dealers.

 

I wanted a MK2 GTi when I bought my first Corrado VR6, at the time the Golfs fell into 3 categories, rot boxes, chavved and modded badly and standard or nicely modded but expensive. So I bought a DBP VR6 with leather, one owner female living in the Isle of Man (no road salt used in winter) for a grand. It had never had an MOT in its life, but I managed to scrape it through the day after I got it home - ABS light on, handbrake crap and typical white steam / smoke due to lack of use. Then another VR6 game up for sale here, Grimmys green Storm, overheated and head gasket blown, rusty front wings, needs a small patch on the drivers sill and a bubble on the NSR arch, no where near as clean underneath as the DBP but a snip at £650......

 

Would I pay £10K for one? No, I like my cars to have depreciated as much as they can and cheap to repair - not something you can say about the newer VAG stuff.

 

Current fleet, 2 VR6s above - both SORN, 2 Audi TTs (ones a breaker) and an old faithful MK4 Golf TDi estate, she drives a 2010 Scirocco TDi, one car losing money in the household is more than enough for me

[Dazz_G60_Wales 0]

Walesy there's one on Ebay now in unmolested condition looks tidy ok mileage is 128000 which is decent I think for 3850 best offer.

But not to sure of the place its in

[Dox 22]

Walesy there's one on Ebay now in unmolested condition looks tidy ok mileage is 128000 which is decent I think for 3850 best offer.

But not to sure of the place its in

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volkswagen-Corrado-VR6-/253089008835?hash=item3aed47ccc3:g:Dx4AAOSwxbtZbT6w

[Dazz_G60_Wales 0]

That's the one, looks a cheap car if genuine.

[Walsey 10]

It seems like I'm not alone in thinking these prices are a bit ambitious then, some fair point made too.

 

And yeah part of what appeals to me is buying something that won't depreciate, I wouldn't be using it daily or anything like it, my daily hack has probably lost £5-6k in value since I bought it in January and it smarts a bit! In the 10 years or so and 10-15 Corrados' I had (can't remember exactly how many!) I broke down maybe twice and can say that I didn't loose a penny on any of them, some great memories made in them, hence why I've been looking again, but not sure if I'm looking back with rose tinted glasses and the reality is that they're just a lot older now and the chances of getting one that drives and looks as it should for reasonable money are slim to none!

 

I'm not into the idea of having to maintain anything, I was never a tinkerer but have way less time and inclination to spend the minute amount of spare time I get pi$$ing about with a car, I just want to be able to drive it! So all in all I think I might be asking for a bit much! :lol:

 

EDIT - Cheers for the link, looks nice but 6 hours each way is a bit much!

[Walsey 10]

The more I look at it, that one does look like a nice straight example, everything lines up nicely from what I can see, and reasonably priced too, the sort of thing I'd be looking for.

[elliott 10]

 

I'm not into the idea of having to maintain anything, I was never a tinkerer but have way less time and inclination to spend the minute amount of spare time I get pi$$ing about with a car, I just want to be able to drive it! So all in all I think I might be asking for a bit much!

 

 

 

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[elliott 10]

The corrado is a magnet for tinker time, any old car is!

 

I think your asking a bit much of a 20+ year old car but maybe there's one out there that wants for nothing....

 

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[Dox 22]

The corrado is a magnet for tinker time, any old car is!

 

I think your asking a bit much of a 20+ year old car but maybe there's one out there that wants for nothing....

 

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It is possible to enjoy a car with character that needs a bit more driver input than a new car. My DBP VR6 has a clutch release bearing that's failing, it gives a little chirp when pulling away, it will randomly stall every second or third journey. It has no radio as I like the peace and engine note and there's a lot to be said for driving an old car with a cable throttle.

[culshaw 1]

It is possible to enjoy a car with character that needs a bit more driver input than a new car. My DBP VR6 has a clutch release bearing that's failing, it gives a little chirp when pulling away, it will randomly stall every second or third journey. It has no radio as I like the peace and engine note and there's a lot to be said for driving an old car with a cable throttle.

 

Yeah like that clunk when you stop accelerating in first gear haha

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Is this the Walesy of old reincarnated as Walsey, or somebody completely different :scratch:

 

Anyway, can't believe tatty old VR6s are fetching 8-9K! I bet most of them have knackered engines, so another £3k needed on top for a freshen up or R32 conversion!

[mic_VR 3]

Nobody wants the converted ones, Kev. Even with the more modern, powerful, economical motor it's only the completely standard original cars that are holding their value.

 

In hindsight I should've rebuilt my vr and then turbo, than going for the 24v conversion.

[Pc80 10]

I don't think tatty ones will actually sell for 8-9k. For that money you'd want low mileage (under 100k), good history and probably a leather interior. There was a red one with about 96k that the seller was struggling to get over £6k for and that one looked great.

[tonedef 8]

I've always struggled with the concept we own cars that are worth a lot less than a similar vintage Golf, and we've convinced ourselves for all that time that these values were realistic. There is after all little between the two models in real terms, neither is particularly more or less reliable than the other, neither performs significantly better than the other, the Corrado just cost a few grand too much when new and suffered from the resultant poor popularity, a popularity that never recovered before it was discontinued. For years we said that prices were too low and one day they would bottom out before increasing again. Well maybe they have done just what we always said they would and now we're saying people are asking too much. Will we ever be satisfied?

 

I'm sure they'll never recover enough for me to get my money back but then I bought my VR in 2000 for best part of 14K. It is however probably of similar value to my 2007 Mk2 TT 3.2 now, and that cost a lot more than the Corrado when I bought it in 2010!