Please bare with me on this...Quite sickening reading it back Would be cool if someone could take the time to go through it and give a good honest opinion on value. Massive bills,and serviced very! reguarly. Ive more than likely missed a good few things...But here are the details for now. Cheers,Neil. The car: 1992 Propper late spec G60 Registered 10/04/1992. 143k miles. Just gone straight through mot. Taxed. 'Good' bodywork and paint. Only 2 former keepers ! Every mot from new. I have owned it since 24/01/2005. Under the bonnet i have done: Full blend charger by pitstop developments. New charger oil feed braided line. RSR charger outlet. 68mm pully. SnS stage 5 anti-lag chip. Crank bolt replaced with upgraded mk1 golf gti item. Boost return deleted (venting to atmosphere) Snorkel removed from drilled airbox along with the plastic paneling in front of airbox. Carbon can removed and fuel breather sat into air box. De catted standard exhaust system. Heavily! self ported/polished/de wedged throttle body. Black anodised rocker cover with red anodised nuts. Exterior: Polished 8x16 porsche design 90's with black details,195/45's. Porsche crested/chrome valve caps and sleeves. 25mm adapters all round. 6mm machined off new rear discs so 9x16's will fit with no rubbing issues. Fk konigsport coilovers. All red rear lights with led bulbs/resisters to flash orange.No mot probs. Pressed german plates with custom german flag decals.(2 spare show sets) Storm single wiper. Black side repeaters. German flag badges stuck just under side repeaters. Rear vw roundel painted black. Black tinted headlight reflectors,with yellow headlight lenses. Custom driving lights (indicaters light up with side lights) The above fogs and indicaters covered with smoked lamin-x. Debadged grill. Black sunstrip. Dewipered rear. Alloy anodised black richbrook aerial. Polished original tailpipe. Tinted rear windows. Interior: Omex retro fit shift light built into spare dial led blanks,4 adjustable led's and shift point. Full interior swap from grey to black including dash/seats/carpets/all interior panels. Momo millenium 300mm steering wheel with custom vw horn push. Richbrook anodised titanium slant top gear knob. Richbrook italian leather gear gaitor. Grey autobra bonnet bra. Custom parcel shelf with straps! housing 2x 10" subs and amplifier. Factory look parcel shelf side sections with 6x4 jbl's. Jbl's in factory door and dash positions. Duostyling air/fuel and volt gauge. (currently not wired up) Dial needles painted red. Dial lighting and lcd screens changed to red. All switches changed to red,including sunroof switch,and abs light now green. Red cigarette lighter surround. Custom home made heater panel design. Vdo Boost ! (rare) oil pressure and volt gauges sat in place of stereo. Stereo relocated to glove box operated by joystick on steering column. Factory fitted immobiliser. Parts i have replaced: Full head gasket set including exhaust/inlet/camshaft oil seal. Head removed and skimmed,valves reseated and new valve stem oil seals. New exhaust manifold studs fitted. Cambelt and tensioner. Rocker cover gasket. Fuel feed pipe running full length under car. Fuel pressure pipe on end of fuel rail. Fuel pump and filter (filter replaced 2 or 3 times) Rear left brake caliper. Rear brake disc abs rings. New bolts/nuts/rollers for brake pressure regulator (unfitted) New rear brake discs with 6mm machined off faces. New rear brake pads. Rear suspension top mounts. Rear brake pressure regulator (unfitted) 2X Water pumps and thermostats. Thermostat plastic housing with new bolts. G12+ Coolant. Numerous blue temp senders. Throttle body gaskets x2 and new bolts. New bolts for ALL engine mounts. Front engine mount. Both side engine mounts (unfitted) Secondhand alternater and spare. Secondhand ecu and spare. Injector seals. Oil pressure switches twice. Radiater fan switch. Bosch battery. 4x toyo t1r tyres. ALL FOUR wheel bearings. Numerous oil filters/engine oil/spark plugs/air filter etc. Replaced power steering fluid. New bosch lambda probe. Secondhand distributor and spare. Throttle cable. Small supercharger timing belt replaced with wider one. Oil temp sensor for mfa. All vac hoses for ecu etc replaced with new. Voltage regulator for alternater. Spoiler control relay. Both drivers side and passenger door handles. Drivers and passenger side wishbone bushes. Leccy window switches. Front suspension top mounts. Expansion tank. Couple of dizzy caps and rotor arms. Fpr. LIST GOES ON AND ON! Spares/extra's: 75 brake horse cold fusion nitrous oxide kit...will make 275+ easily. Grey bonnet bra. 2 sets of spare number plates,red font ones and legal ones.Easily swap via velcro. Spare ecu and chip. Spare dizzy. Spare coil. Spare rear calipers with goodridge braided hoses. Spare leccy window switches. Original mint gearknob and gaitor. Spare fuse box. Spare original fuel pump (expensive new) Spare fuel gauge sender. Sierra cosworth 4x4 intercooler. Half modified front bumper for the above. Original front and rear wiper motors. Spare spoiler from the boot. Spare original undrilled airbox. Spare throttle body. Spare leccy window ecu. Spare central locking pump piping. Spare fpr. ILL STOP HERE I THINK! I have receipts for absolutely everything.
I'll give you 2k for it and you can keep the alloys the thing is it's very "personalised" so may not be to everyone's taste. The parts replaced is quite irrelevant in my opinion. I would still see it as a 15yr old car with lots of receipts/history.
Are you selling the spares separate? Might be interested in the NOS kit, has it been fitted to a car or as new? What's a cold fusion one anyway, not heard of them.
That only works for cars advertised in the auto trader or if your wanting a PX price, surely a car like this would be sold to a enthusiast that understands the car, and the importance of regular maintainance. If you only see it as a 15 year old car it's not the car for you, if you see it as a very well kept Corrado with lots of history it must surely be worth 3-4K. It all depends what your after in a car, and to be fair, it's not like it's painted bright pink with a yellow interior is it, all the mods seem quite subtle IMHO.
2k! Thats a bit insulting tbh if you are serious Gareth. Im not saying its a Mint (Mint as in true meaning of the word) show car or anything (although people do tell me it should be in magazines etc) im not into that...But its not just another corrado G60 either...In fact its not just a well cared for one...Its mine,and i look after/improve things as much as humanly possible. I wouldn't say its overly personalised myself...The only real marmite exterior touch is the yellow headlights...But its only lamin-x that will peel off if you so wish,same for the fogs/indicaters. I dunno about others...but,it seems more and more common these days where people don't tend to bother reading all the history/replaced parts listed...Just dosn't register with me,i love and appreciate detailed adverts about cars that i could potentially own...and spend a lot of money on. I always look at every single receipt when i go to buy a car,it tells a story of how its been enthusistically cared for...or not...especially good to see head rebuilds/cambelt changes etc surely? Some pics...just to show it,excuse my m8 in the bonnet shot.
I meant I'd give you 2k for it right now (in the sense I'd be pulling your hand off at the price lol) I didn't mean it in an insulting way. Valuing cars like this is always difficult. But realistically I would probably say 3.5k tops Most of the spare parts I think yo should sell seperately anyway. But the following types of information I always ignore when adjusting for price: I think the MOT and performance modifications are what is most important. Most of the parts replaced i would expect at 15yrs old. That's why I think they are kind of irrelevant. It's part of wear and tear that you expect. I sold a 16v Rado, low mileage excellent condition for 1400 3.5k is what I think realistically.
Sorry Gareth m8...im a touchy fecker lately...apologies m8. I know what you mean about the above list...but on the other hand,you know that its been looked after in the sense that...if you came to test drive it,you wouldn't find any single thing that dosn't work...and also knowing that you wouldn't soon be having to spend money on cam belts etc etc...ive only had it two years too which hopefully shows the effort ive put in. Im just putting an advert together for it...and i think ill probably list all of the above,as it should cover any questions such as 'has it had a cambelt? when was the charger done? serviced reguarly? etc etc... Cheers,Neil.
no worries mate, "personally" I would return it to standardish. wheels, lighting, tints and accept no less than 3k maybe even 3.5k??
I had a very similar G60 Rado to yours Neil about 4 years ago and like you spent thousands on it to get just right. It was the pearl grey colour with leccy recaro. Selling it was the biggest mistake ive made car wise. I tried for a long time to get it back but was unable to track it down as the guy i sold it to sold it on and didnt have the details. Dont follow my mistake and sell it. If anyone know where my grey Coorado G60 is J919OJO IS PLEASE pm me!
Aye i remember 'ojo' Gringo,always liked it Just feels like its the right time to move mine on for various reasons really...i can no longer work full time,and the insurance runs out at the end of the month...money issues etc. Deep down somewhere,id like to stick it on one side ready for when im back on my feet but it just dosn't seem sensible to do that at the moment. Neil.
Well i suppose if things are tight then needs must and i know youve got a little girl to think about then move it on mate. I would stick it up for 4.5k my self. Corrado prices fluctuate loads, one minute there up the next they are worth sod all. Is it clean enough for a Mag feature? That would generate alot of interest in the car i expect and would help with commanding a higer asking price for it.
i've offered to buy it from you loads of times!! 3/4K seems good to me.. its not always what the car is worth to me, but i could probably spend months searching and not find one in the same condition with the same care taken. i feel cars on here are always undervalued. people moaning about golfs for 1500... at the end of the day, any car with MOT, TAX, FSH, good tyres and other working bits is worth at least a grand of anyones money as its good for a year. people on this forum go on about 750 minters... the truth of it is they are good finds and its ok if you can wait a long time for it! same thing with my car, im selling it soon, ive replaced LOADS, more than most people would bother, lots of stuff the mechanic i know said you dont need to, but ive had it done anyway. ill only be selling it for around 1650, but i bet people on here will say thats too much. ohh well if its too much they dont have to buy it! and IMO mileage is bull5hit. ive had lower mileage cars which have been dogs.
and thats exactly the same position as i am in, although im just working more and more, i need a diesel. id love to stick my golf in a garage but its just not practical. good luck with what ever you do Neil, just make sure your certain before you do it because you might regret it!
Id say it is aye...i always get told it is anyway,but me...i tend to under exagerate things if you know what i mean,mint to me really does mean mint. For example,my dads concours mk1,its never ever had any silicone products on the dash/door cards etc...not one single slight minute scuff or scratch on the trim and stinks of newness,it really is mint. The corrado,well...the wheel arches/door shuts etc etc are all the same finish as the main part of the bodywork,so it is a very clean one...rust isnt really an issue. Yep,sorry m8...bad timing by the sounds of it Ive had a good few pm's in the past asking if its for sale... Couldn't agree more about the mileage too,as long as replacement parts are actually replaced! For example...using my dads mk1 again When we went to look at it,there was an earlier series 1 with only 25k iirc on the clock,but a quick look underneath and it was rusty as hell! the guy wanted 10k for it! My dads has done 50k miles,but it was/is the better shell/car without doubt! So mileage pails into insignificance,as at the end of the day...its a piece of metal that is x years old. Anyway,thanks for the input guys...appreciated. Im on the verge of advertising it (just tweaking the add) and i will definately be sad to see it go...had a few more cool plans for it...carbon bonnet/nitrous/cossie intercooler etc. Ps:Unsure about the spares as yet Paulc. Neil.
