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Re: [not scirocco] but corrado



apparently no one gave him the jason /jonas decoder ring...now who is
supposed to giver out the toater ovens tooo
jonas

Mike wrote:
> 
> Hi Mike meet Jonas our local spelling B winner!!!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Barry <mbarry@pookastew.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 7:10 AM
> Subject: Fwd: Re: [not scirocco] but corrado
> 
> > What?
> >
> > >From: jonas miller <sjmill@erols.com>
> > >
> > >i am going to give  my 2 pennies worth ont his one.....
> > >i ahve drivin both of them.. i would go withthe vr6  maybe a littel
> > >bitmroe to tweakl but a little more potienal, as for the g-60 you hit a
> > >wall wioth 275......teh vr6 with proper head work and cams we have at
> > >the shop doumented 177....   go withteh vr6   it is a sweet choice......
> > >go loved teh vw adn he put a vr6 in a corrado ,, he screw teh mk2 casue
> > >it was nto out yet...
> > >
> > >jonas
> > >
> > >Vaughn8v@aol.com wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hey there,
> > >>
> > >>     Okay, here is my advise on Corrados (since I owned one and have had
> > >>three
> > >> friends who have also owned them).  The car I had was an emerald '91
> G60.
> > >> When I bought it in 1996, it had 60k on the clock and was loaded
> > >> (leather/ABS/tinted windows, etc).  It also ran like new... I bought it
> from
> > >> the original owner, a man in his late 40's.  The car had reasonably
> good
> > >> power, the most of any of the G60's I testdrove which all seemed VERY
> doggy.
> > >> It was a nice car and all, but I would say get the SLC VR6!!!!!
> > >>     When my friend got his SLC, he let me take it for a spin and I
> wanted to
> > >> trade him Corrados!!!  His is green like mine was but a little darker.
> It
> > >> was a 93 and had tan leather interior...  a whole different car from
> the
> > >>G60.
> > >>  The interior in the SLC is spruced up a bit more, a cooler front
> grill,
> > >> different hood, traction control, heated seats, standard ABS, AND a
> helluva
> > >> lot more ball-busting power than the G60... VW wasn't screwing around
> when
> > >> they built that car.  The only advantage I could see in buying a G60
> over an
> > >> SLC is if you were wanting to install the Autotech Stage III kit on the
> car.
> > >> I went for a ride in an aquaintances G60 who had the stage III kit in
> his
> > >> car, and let me tell you how much power it had (200hp or so over 150hp
> > >> stock).....  but his engine didn't last too long.  An you figure now
> that a
> > >> reasonably nice G60 shouldn't cost you more than $7000 max, a nice SLC
> > >>(and I
> > >> would go for a 93, or possibly even a 94 if you were lucky enough to
> find
> > >> one) shouldn't cost you any more than $12,000 to $14,000... testdrive
> both a
> > >> G60 then an SLC and you will know what I mean.
> > >>
> > >> Ben
> > >> 88 "Flash silver metallic" 16v Scirocco
> > >>
> > >> << i'm thinking about getting a corrado as a second car (give me
> > >>  something to ride around in while i restore my scirocco) and was
> > >>  wondering if anyone on the list has had any experience with them or
> > >>  would know anything about them. what i'm interested in is how reliable
> > >>  are they, should i get the vr6 or g60, does the turbo-charger really
> > >>  matter (and how much is it to replace), and how hard are they to work
> > >>  on? i'm aimin' for about a '92 or so. please send me responses
> directly
> > >>  so as not to clutter the list. thanx. >>
> > >>
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