[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Quasi OT - Corrado / possible scirocco sale
I have the feeling when it comes to the corrados it is a very hit or
miss deal. I've heard now from people who say that they are awful cars,
and people who say they are pretty much decent. I just hope that I got
a good one.
LT
On Tuesday, January 7, 2003, at 06:21 AM, Scirocco-Al wrote:
> I had a 92 Corrado for 3 1/2 years. My payment on it was $350 a month.
> Over the time I owned it I averaged $340 a month on it keeping it on
> the
> road, including my insurance, which was $800 a year. In that time I
> replaced or repaired the Clutch/pressure plate/ throw out bearing, The
> master and slave clutch cylinders, the main cooling fan assembly
> ($480) the
> secondary slave cooling fan, the head gasket, the $30 chain tensioner
> that
> you have to remove the tranny to replace, the hydaulic piston chain
> tensioner, had the head rebuilt because all the exhaust valves bent
> because
> of all the the bad chain tensioner stuff ($240 head bolts, $80 head
> gasket,
> $300 in valves, $80 valve springs, new valve seals and $350 of machine
> work,
> not counting other crap) . Beyond that I had numourous cooling
> problems
> that all lead back to a crash that happened years before on the car
> where
> the battery got busted. The acid leaked onto the harness routed under
> the
> battery (stupid) and ate it up. When I found it and repaired it the AC
> worked again too. I had 1 broken windshield and 3 break ins ( 2
> doors, 1
> window). Someone also stole the grill out of it. I replaced the
> cracked
> driving lights ($110 ea), a couple of front wheel bearings and had to
> put
> pads on it front and rear.
>
> I did all the work myself (except bodywork, windshields and machining
> of the
> head) so you can figure what the parts cost.
> My car had 70,000 miles on it when it I sold it.
>
> A guy at work had a another 92 for a few months. His sunroof broke,
> the
> heater core went, the power windows screwed up and it also needed a
> clutch.
> It had 70,000 miles also.
>
> The cars are great but if you are going to drive one as a primary
> driver
> then stay the hell away from them. If you are going to buy one as a
> garage
> toy and put less than 5000 miles a year on it then it might be worth
> it.
> They are great cars to drive but suck the big one on reliability and
> parts
> cost.
>
> Alan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike VanAmburgh" <mvanamburgh@charter.net>
> To: "Scirocco" <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 12:42 AM
> Subject: Re: Quasi OT - Corrado / possible scirocco sale
>
>
> How 'bout head gasket replacement? The 92 models were prone to head
> gasket failure...
>
> Mike (I do like Corrados)
>
> Lyman M. Terni wrote:
>> Brian,
>>
>> I understand what you are saying, and that is what originally kept me
>> away from corrados. However, the guy I am buying it from took very
>> good
>> care of it and all the big, scary, expensive junk on it (timing
>> chains/rollers/tensioners) was done very recently. The car is clean
>> and
>> everything works on it. I may be getting myself into something big and
>> bad and I appreciate your advice, but where there is a will there is a
>> way and I'm twenty... I'm allowed to not know any better :).
>>
>> respectfully,
>> Lyman
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, January 5, 2003, at 09:19 PM, brianm@earendel.org wrote:
>>
>>> Lyman.
>>> Im going to make a suggestion that your not going to like. Dont buy
>>> the
>>> SLC. the maint WILL cost you between 1k -2k per year min. Thats if
>>> nothing
>>> breaks, you do all the work, etc. If you have to pay somebody it gets
>>> much
>>> worse. You can get a built, very nice scirocco for much less. and
>>> the
>>> list will be happy and able to help you with the repairs.
>>> Brian
>>> 82 2.0L ABA + GX head topless bunny, beating 16v's everywhere...:-P
>>> 88 16v aka skateboard.
>>> 84 0v anybody wanna donate a transaxle?
>>> 90 90q20v (money pit)
>>> 91 VFR750F everybody needs a 11-12 sec vehicle. .75L of pure speed
>>>
>>>
>>> slipping
>>>
>>> On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Lyman M. Terni wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well,
>>>>
>>>> I finally sorted out money enough to buy a black 92 SLC Corrado. I'm
>>>> not really sure what I'm going to do with the Scirocco. Part of me
>>>> really wants to keep it, but the other part can't really justify
>>>> being
>>>> 20 and owning two cars. So I'm putting this out there just to see if
>>>> anyone is interested:
>>>>
>>>> 1987 Red Scirocco 8v
>>>> 240xxx miles
>>>> recently done stuff:
>>>>
>>>> All V Belts, T belt
>>>> clutch
>>>> motor mounts
>>>> valve cover and upper timing belt cover powdercoated
>>>> injector seals (upper and lower)
>>>> a mess of other stuff that I need to look into my records for.
>>>>
>>>> I know its not worth much, but if anybody needs a winter beater or
>>>> somethin, the car is pretty straight.
>>>>
>>>> Anybody interested?
>>>> L. Terni
>>>> Schenectady, NY/ Lakeville, CT
>>>> 87 8v
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Scirocco-l mailing list
>>>> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>>> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
>>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Scirocco-l mailing list
>>> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
>>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Scirocco-l mailing list
>> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
>>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Scirocco-l mailing list
> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Scirocco-l mailing list
> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
>