Tinkerton Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Corrado. It lives. It breathes. It doesn't have a working YOU LEFT YOUR LIGHTS ON YOU IDIOT buzzer when you turn the engine off and open the door with the lights on. It has an oil leak. (possibly a perished crank case breather hose. hopefully) It's used half a tank of fuel since YESTERDAY FREAKING AFTERNOON! HALF A TANK! Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 But how far did it get on that half a tank? Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 But how far did it get on that half a tank?129 miles. Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Too far, drive faster. Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 I love a Corrado! Lovely motor! Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 I love a Corrado! Lovely motor!I love it too, but it's perhaps not the most practical vehicle for commuting. Or reliable. Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Who cares! It looks and is awesome! Something to keep you busy and out of mischief too Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Exactly. If it was practical, economical and reliable then you might as well get an Up/Mii/Citigo. That's what I did. Now I can spend the spare cash on something utterly bonkers like driving a Volvo 240 with a yank V8 and no windscreen. Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Leak traced - union on the oil feed line to the G-lader cracked. As well as a holey breather hose. Bad news. £50 for a new feed line, and now I desperately need the charger itself serviced and investigated, if it's been starved of oil it may be un-repairable. Balls. New/refurb chargers are over £1500 (which just so happens to bore it out to 65mm, MOAR POWER!) but obviously, I don't have that money. Stunt: I'd happily drive a Mii/Up/Citigo but sadly, financially, they're out of reach at the moment. I could get one on PCP for £100 a month but I've a strange aversion to not actually owning my car. Also, apparently VW are bringing out an Up GT with a 1.2 engine sometime this summer, which would get me VERY interested. Link to post Share on other sites
Azubi Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Genuinely interested in an UP GT. Already been considering the Twingo RS when that comes out, but I'd rather have a VW than another Renault heap. Link to post Share on other sites
paranoiddroid Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 I want a car/bike that just works no stress works. And stunt I will find the parts and let you know. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Tink, I'm racking my brains but seem to remember reading on another forum that you can have a 'charger rebuilt for a few hundred somewhere. Sorry to post such a vague, *suitcase* comment, but I stumbled across it when I was looking to get a turbo rebuilt. May be worth a trawl about on specialist forums? It seemed like a 1 man band type of thing who was pally with the regs on there, not a company as such, but seemed highly rated by other posters. Again, I know this is probably the the worst 'help' ever, sorry! Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Oh, no I know. There's a place in doncaster that does rebuilds. Problem is, if the charger has been starved of oil, it may have caused internal damage to the charger housing or random bit on the inside. Praying it's going to be ok though. Also going to thoroughly check all the other oil lines and coolant pipes. Desperately do not want to drop oil or coolant on the nurburgring. That would literally bankrupt me. D: Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Jesus, the nurburgring? That's a trial by fire...! Can you change all feed lines as a matter of course? Vdubs apparently like to have more-narrow-than-needed ones in my experience... Link to post Share on other sites
Baddbaz Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Only charged dubs . Co.uk rebuild superchargers And sell rebuild kits for a couple of hundred quid Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 My friends keep killing themselves. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Jesus bud. Really sorry to hear that. Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Two dudes I knew (one from my regiment, one I knew from a contracting job) both killed themselves on the same day, two days ago. They didn't know each other. It's just a bit of a bummer when people you think are fine go and off themselves. I think PTSD care is inadequate maybe. I dunno. Link to post Share on other sites
gisburn20 Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Sorry to hear that mate, PTSD care seems (from what ive seen in the media) to be very much a neglected area of care for serving and ex military folk. My condolences. Jim Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 It's their families I feel for. People leave a shitstorm in their wake when they commit suicide. It's a weird thing to be in your early 30's, yet half your friends are already dead. The war(s) keeps killing them, even though it's over. Darkchild Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Sorry to hear that dude. Not nice thing to hear I know. Hope you're doing OK. Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 I'm fine, I'm currently trying to join the reserves, I miss the lifestyle a bit. I would deploy tomorrow if there was a war to fight. Darkchild Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 I feel for you, I've been there. Lots of money being tossed around to build up the reserves at the moment, they'll probably snatch your hand off. I know what you mean about the lifestyle, I get just enough of it peripherally to keep me satisfied. Forces people are just different. Not always better, just different. Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 We're definitely not better! Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 I just saw the new trailer for Terminator: Genisys. What the actual *fruitcage*. One good plot twist and they unceremoniously throw it into the trailer in full glory. Don't watch it. Link to post Share on other sites
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