3CorsaMeal
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I haven't bought it as an investment or to make money, its my car.
no be seeing how you go on about people buying new cars and the money they waste I thought it maybe worth while for you estimate how much you have spent on it including buying it compared to what its worth
I enjoy the whole repairing, upgrading and maintaining journey though, its money where you can see where it goes and alot of the bits i've done myself.
its the losing money on depreciation and owning a boring/standard car for 3yrs that i comment on, i'm not being a hypocrite about it, no car is free to own and i feel i've got more enjoyment from my money.
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mwg
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I like it. How many miles have you done in it over the 4 years?
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3CorsaMeal
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63,000miles so far
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CORSA NUT
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They're like artefacts nowadays.
'look son this is how cars used to look before they could cut metal into angles'
Fuckin 
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3CorsaMeal
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its funny as if you look back into the 60's most cars were curvy and wavey lines as straight and sharp angles were harder to produce.
then everything got square and sharp lines, and now there's a bit of a random mix between the two, like a curvy car, with a random sharp line down the side
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Hammer
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Fit for a museum IMO.
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John
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Badgeless grill gives it a look that reminds me of 
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3CorsaMeal
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you know, i've been looking at the pics and think i will go back to badged
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Jake
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are the front brakes a good upgrade?
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3CorsaMeal
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yeah. not had a problem with them since fitting. the originals kept seizing etc. stops well when you need it. can't really comment on brake fade as I don't drive that hard for long enough.
rears were worth it too but cost me quite a bit
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Jake
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the brakes on my mk3 golf were amazing and i reckon 312mm are too big for the corrado. i will go for 288 if theyre good
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Corsa_Sport21
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What size are the standard brakes on the Corrado VR6??
The Mk3 Golf VR6 and 16v had 288s as standard.
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Jake
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280 i think
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Corsa_Sport21
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The Corrado must not have been as special as the Mk3 Golf then.Shame.
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Jake
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the standard brakes on the corrado are pretty special
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3CorsaMeal
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Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
What size are the standard brakes on the Corrado VR6??
The Mk3 Golf VR6 and 16v had 288s as standard.
all of them or was it after a certain year when they stopped producing the corrado, i think i'm right again here
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Corsa_Sport21
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
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Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
What size are the standard brakes on the Corrado VR6??
The Mk3 Golf VR6 and 16v had 288s as standard.
all of them or was it after a certain year when they stopped producing the corrado, i think i'm right again here
Think the early 1992 Golf VR6 had 280mm brakes up until 1993,then they were changed to 288s.
When did they stop making the Corrado VR6??
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3CorsaMeal
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1996 was the last, mainly storms at that age.
i had to buy golf brakes from a VR6 highline golf, made after 1995 as that when the golf got more power and better brakes (so i was told)
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Corsa_Sport21
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In what way did the Golf get more power??
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3CorsaMeal
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was it OBD2 management on the later ones?
185bhp instead of 174bhp
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Corsa_Sport21
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Oh right.Kinda rings a bell.
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