Volkswagen Corrado

[norman156]

Bought myself this as a bit of a runaround while my Mercedes is out of action. It's the 2.0 16v version, needs a bit of tidying up here and there (notably the wheels) but otherwise in pretty good condition. I'm getting rather attatched to it already...

[skylinecrazy]

Very clean looking car, apart from the mark on the front bumper.

Bet it shifts too, planning on keeping it standard?

Edited by skylinecrazy on Saturday 11th October 23:27

[norman156]

Yeh mark on the front bumper is a bit of a pain. Performance isn't too bad, though if it was for keeps I'd probably go for the VR6. Will be keeping it standard apart from the grille which I'll change to a black one, colour coded just doesn't suit it.

[minimatt1967]

Nice little smoker you've got there! A change of wheels on the cards?

[paul26982]

was this on ebay the other day, was at a very low price, kept on bidding on it and my bid was kept getting retracted was fuming

[norman156]

If I was keeping it longer I'd maybe think about getting some nice BBS wheels on there, but as it stands I'm just going to try and refurb the ones on it myself... And no this was on Autotrader, was looking for one on ebay as well for a week or so and don't remember seeing it on there

[missing the VR6]

Corrados are so cool, miss my VR so much!
I had a set of Estorils on my previous rado G60, had them refurbeb by Spit & Polish in Tonbridge, was very reasonable, they didn't charge extra for doing them black with the faces diamond cut.
If you fance some black leather door cards for it I've got some for sale.

[paul26982]

norman156 said:

If I was keeping it longer I'd maybe think about getting some nice BBS wheels on there, but as it stands I'm just going to try and refurb the ones on it myself... And no this was on Autotrader, was looking for one on ebay as well for a week or so and don't remember seeing it on there

looked exactly like it, had bit rust under one arch (surface) was one £41 got it up to £200 both times and just kept on getting retracted, Gutted

[norman156]

No rust on the wheel arches on this one, and pretty much no rust anywhere apart from a tiny patch on the bootlid

[Waynester]

norman156 said:

No rust on the wheel arches on this one, and pretty much no rust anywhere apart from a tiny patch on the bootlid

Rear wash wipe has seen better days too.

Nice car though, always fancied a VR6.

[AndyConnolly]

Always loved the Corrado, and said I would own one. However I think most are probably a little too long in the tooth and would become money pits knowing my luck. Still got the looks though haven't they...

[norman156]

So long as you get one that's been looked after it shouldn't be a money pit, especially with the 16v model. I'd go for it, they're a pretty safe bet, well compared to the other two cars I've got at the minute anyway...

[Pablo16v]

I still miss my VR6 and it was sold in 2002! Would have another in a shot. Those Estoril alloys were notoriously bad for the laquer peeling but they look great when polished up again.