Re: Lookin for a Corrado...Help??

["I.Mannix" <mannix@privateI.com>]

At 08:25 PM 10/26/98 EST, Neuspeed76@aol.com wrote:
>Hey there..I drive a 76Rabbit and it's pretty fast..looks kinda cool..and
>corners awesome..but I want a car that will do all that and still be smooth
>and euro..not like a race-car....I can sell my Rabbit for about $3000 pretty
>easy to some people I know..but how much would a good Corrado be??And were
all
>Corrados supercharged..and whats the G60???Just wondered and a response would
>be greatly appriciated..

Not all Corrados were supercharged, just 90-92(?could be wrong, but close).
 All US Corrados were either supercharged(G60, which refers to the
supercharger) or had a V6(93ish & up).  A $3000 Corrado would be a heap of
crap, if you ask me(or the owner has NO idea what it is they're trying to
sell).  G60s are neat cars - a friend has one, and it'll be for sale one of
these years - if and when it sells, it is something I'd like to own.  I am
not a big fan of the V6 cars, personally.  The G60 supercharger can fail,
and when it does it is expensive, probably $1500 at least, although I've
done no research.  All of the Corrado owners I know have had a good deal of
trouble with the cars - whether it be little annoying stuff that we're all
used to(on a car costing as much as a Corrado, I would not be happy with
things I readily put up with on a 14 year old Rabbit/Scirocco) or rather
large items(V6 cars, early ones in particular, occasionally munch the
headgaskets, it seems).  

Your estimate of $3k for a carbureted Rabbit is, well, optimistic.  Your
friends might see that car as being worth $3k, but I can't see how - most
Rabbit GTIs are going for less than $2k these days, and as far as _value_,
the Rabbit GTI is the most _valuable_.  I'd love an old Rabbit in good
shape, but they're hard to find(either rusted out or severely bent, it
seems).  $3k?  No chance, unless it was a REALLY nice example with ALL the
SP goodies.