OT: Buying a Corrado

[aaroncarr at ntlworld.com (Aaron)]

Yeah,  but you get a porsche engineered car for VW money


On Sunday, Sep 21, 2003, at 01:39 Europe/London, Eric S wrote:

>
> Don,
>
> Investment?  NO!  Corrados are rediculously expensive to repair and 
> maintain and are NOT reliable.  Now, as others mentioned, if you got 
> the guy down to $1000 or so, you would get your moneys worth in parts.
>
> That said, there is a following for these cars, just know what your 
> getting into before you even think about it.  Lemme give you just one 
> example, any shop will charge you 8, yes, 8 hours of labor to do a 
> heater core.  Thats, just one, of many expensive examples....
>
> --
> Eric
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>
> 79 VW Iltis
> 81 Scirocco S (*TDI* swap and complete restoration in holding pattern)
> 81 Rabbit Truck LX Diesel (FOR SALE!)
> 81 Rabbit Truck 2.0 16v Motronic
> 83 Scirocco Wolfsburg
> 91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
>
>
>
> --- "dswalterwi" <dswalterwi@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hey everyone.  I just looked at a 1990 Red Corrado with a Supercharger.
> Guy will take $1300 for it.  Needs brakes and has an Idling problem,
> goes up and down.  Local mechanic says it is an Idle sensor for about
> $200  Is this possibly a good investment? Or should I pass it up.  I
> would be willing to fix it up and even sell it  later.
>
> Don
>
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