Re: Re: [not scirocco] but corrado

["Mike" <lerb@redrose.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Hi Mike meet Jonas our local spelling B winner!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Barry <mbarry@pookastew.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 7:10 AM
Subject: Fwd: Re: [not scirocco] but corrado


> What?
>
> >From: jonas miller <sjmill@erols.com>
> >
> >i am going to give  my 2 pennies worth ont his one.....
> >i ahve drivin both of them.. i would go withthe vr6  maybe a littel
> >bitmroe to tweakl but a little more potienal, as for the g-60 you hit a
> >wall wioth 275......teh vr6 with proper head work and cams we have at
> >the shop doumented 177....   go withteh vr6   it is a sweet choice......
> >go loved teh vw adn he put a vr6 in a corrado ,, he screw teh mk2 casue
> >it was nto out yet...
> >
> >jonas
> >
> >Vaughn8v@aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey there,
> >>
> >>     Okay, here is my advise on Corrados (since I owned one and have had
> >>three
> >> friends who have also owned them).  The car I had was an emerald '91
G60.
> >> When I bought it in 1996, it had 60k on the clock and was loaded
> >> (leather/ABS/tinted windows, etc).  It also ran like new... I bought it
from
> >> the original owner, a man in his late 40's.  The car had reasonably
good
> >> power, the most of any of the G60's I testdrove which all seemed VERY
doggy.
> >> It was a nice car and all, but I would say get the SLC VR6!!!!!
> >>     When my friend got his SLC, he let me take it for a spin and I
wanted to
> >> trade him Corrados!!!  His is green like mine was but a little darker.
It
> >> was a 93 and had tan leather interior...  a whole different car from
the
> >>G60.
> >>  The interior in the SLC is spruced up a bit more, a cooler front
grill,
> >> different hood, traction control, heated seats, standard ABS, AND a
helluva
> >> lot more ball-busting power than the G60... VW wasn't screwing around
when
> >> they built that car.  The only advantage I could see in buying a G60
over an
> >> SLC is if you were wanting to install the Autotech Stage III kit on the
car.
> >> I went for a ride in an aquaintances G60 who had the stage III kit in
his
> >> car, and let me tell you how much power it had (200hp or so over 150hp
> >> stock).....  but his engine didn't last too long.  An you figure now
that a
> >> reasonably nice G60 shouldn't cost you more than $7000 max, a nice SLC
> >>(and I
> >> would go for a 93, or possibly even a 94 if you were lucky enough to
find
> >> one) shouldn't cost you any more than $12,000 to $14,000... testdrive
both a
> >> G60 then an SLC and you will know what I mean.
> >>
> >> Ben
> >> 88 "Flash silver metallic" 16v Scirocco
> >>
> >> << i'm thinking about getting a corrado as a second car (give me
> >>  something to ride around in while i restore my scirocco) and was
> >>  wondering if anyone on the list has had any experience with them or
> >>  would know anything about them. what i'm interested in is how reliable
> >>  are they, should i get the vr6 or g60, does the turbo-charger really
> >>  matter (and how much is it to replace), and how hard are they to work
> >>  on? i'm aimin' for about a '92 or so. please send me responses
directly
> >>  so as not to clutter the list. thanx. >>
> >>
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