Re: Scirocco versus Corrado Comparison

["Jason" <jason87vw@nac.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Well Boys,

All who know me on the list will say I am not the sharpest tool in the shed
as far as mechanics go, --- BUT --- Let me let you in on a lttile story, I
wrote a song about it, like to hear it ? here it go! Once I was racing a
Corrado aaahhhhh!!! He said how much horse power is in that thing aaaahhhh!

The long version is:
I am cruising down route 95 (moderate traffic) about 75 mph in the middle
lane. Along comes what looks to me like a GTI in the fast lane, luckily both
our lanes were clear for about a mile. He was gaining, and I am guessing he
was doing about 80-85. I knew he wanted to make a showing, and I waited. I
am sure you all know that feeling when you drop it in fourth, hover and say
to yourself "alright, you wanna go ? just a little closer, that's it". As
soon as he was next to me, I punched it, wound it out to about 95 MPH and
hit fifth...He was shitting bricks about 7 car lengths behind me. Then we
hit some jam cars. He caught up, we both darted to the shoulder (legal in
MA, I always feel I have to say that). This time the shoulder was open. We
went down the shoulder at 110 MPH (crazy lunacy and immaturity got the
better of both of us). He was still about 1.5 lengths behind me. We darted
back into traffic, and into the fast lane where it was open again. I had
enough, like I say, we were pushing it big time with the traffic. He was
behind me and I started swinging my hand (as to signal something that was
way too hot) and yelling WOOHOOO! I slowed down, he jumped to the middle
lane and we both rolled down our windows. He yelled to me "how many horse
power is that". Me not really knowing yelled "it's just a 16v". He responded
"JUST a 16v, It's good man, It's REALLY good." we tango'ed a little bit more
in and out of traffic at low rates of speed. and then went our seperate
ways. I can tell you this, this guy was REAL suprised, I walked the dog with
his G60 with my 87 Stoc Roc, End of Story.


----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne Cressman <wcressman@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: Scirocco versus Corrado Comparison


> Doug, you make some good points, some of which I agree
> with, some I don't,
> and some I don't know.  To go through your points:
>
> >The VR6 is the only Corrado worth driving IMHO.
> >The 4 cylinder versions are not worth the trouble.
> >The Corrado is heavier than the MK2 Scirocco and
> >the cable shifting is poor.
>
> The VR6 is clearly a great car and the best version of
> the Corrado but
> perhaps it has unfairly overshadowed the G60 as
> proposition.  The G60, in
> standard tune, is still slightly faster than a 16v
> rocco to 60 and has a top
> speed at least 10mph faster.  More importantly, used
> G60s are a lot less
> expensive than VR6s, and, at the end of the day, it's
> still a more refined
> version of the engine we've grown to know and love.
> Paradoxically, what
> I've read about its cable shifting has inclined me to
> the automatic version
> which, in certain tests, has proved faster than the
> manual (there was a
> rumor floating around that the supercharger is turned
> up a notch on the
> automatic).
>
>
> I have considered the
> >Corrado but after you take a real close look you
> >will find that the SLC Corrado is a top end car that
> is
> >best driven on the open roads of Germany.
> >The cost to keep it going is far more than
> >a Scirocco in similar condition. The SLC
> >has the power to pull the car but the 4 cylinder
> >versions are not that good. If you like G60's
> >put one in the Scirocco. The Automatic trans is
> >junk!!! They are only good for about 100K.
> >Just look at the Passat page and you will see
> >Automatic transmission cars dropping like flees.
> >I put a Corrado 5 speed in my Automatic Passat.
>
> You've got me worried about the automatic
> transmission.  I've heard that
> they last well if really carefully maintained but I'm
> not an expert so I'll
> have to research it further.  I will say I was
> impressed by the G60's
> automatic from a driver's point of view.  It was easy
> to shift down, shifted
> crisply and held to the redline on kick-down.  Can you
> give me a URL for the
> Passat page you were talking about?  I'm also a bit
> concerned about the
> maintenance cost but can find no hard data on it.  The
> good news is that
> there's a lot of Corrado resources on the web.
>
> >The Corrado is a interesting car but I think the MK2
> >16v is better solution. My MK1 with the 1.7 stock
> >motor was much faster than the Corrados in all
> >the Auto-x events that I have driven in. The Corrados
> >were on street tires so the comparison is not 100%
> >fair but the MK1 has 70hp at 1981 lbs.
>
> I hear you but my point of view is slighly different.
> For auto-X events I'd
> imagine the Scirocco is far superior because of its
> lower weight.  But I'm
> looking for a car with a nineties refinement and the
> Scirocco spirit.  I
> want it to perform when I want to go balls-out, but I
> also want it to cosset
> me when I'm tired and driving home from a job or when
> I'm just hacking
> around a bumpy urban landscape (the Corrado's also a
> great and fairly quiet
> highway cruiser)..  It also helps to have to car that
> clients riding in find
> to be "normal" rather than worrry about my cheapness
> or weirdness   Horses
> for courses I guess.
>
> I'm still going to research this as I haven't made up
> my mind yet, so I
> really appreciate your input.
>
> Wayne C.
>
>
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