I bought a new burgundy Corrado SLC in 1992. Still got it. But I don't want mine to be loud and don't understand the reason to do that. The Corrado was reasonably fast in its day, but now it is a pleasurable slowpoke compared to my 2006 GTI, let alone today's high performance cars. Unlike turbo vehicles, making engine modifications to naturally aspirated cars yields only minor performance improvements.
But you look cooler driving your corrado ;) i've driven faster cars to, but i like the driving experience more from a corrado then by example a golf 7 gti
@@BhoFFzoR You don't just look better, it feels better. The old school steering and direct throttle response yields fun. VWs were always fuel saving oriented making them slower than other performance cars. So they spent their efforts on the chassis to improve performance. I belonged to an autocross club in the early 1980s where the serious competitors had highly modified MGBs with race tires that they brought in on trailers. The 1983 GTI came out and blew them away stock. So they all replaced their MGBs with GTIs. I got one too. I also have a 2015 Sportwagen TDI which averages 55 mpg at 75 mph. My TDI feels slow but its 0-60 is faster than my 1983 GTI. But that mk1 GTI felt very fast because you hit the gas when you got to a curve instead of slowing down.
How's the reliability for your Corrado? I'm really tempted to buy one, there's a G60 for sale near me, but I've read an heard a lot about how unreliable most of them are. They sound and look so great though.
@@smeekma I bought my Corrado VR6 new in 1992 and it has a little over 100k miles. It had a variety of issues over the years, but nothing that serious. Things like needing a clutch, replacing a smashed door window, and the sunroof and door handles breaking. But I wouldn't get one, especially the G60, because I have learned you don't want a low distribution vehicle. That makes it hard to find parts over time and they are more costly. VWs I would stay away from include the Corrado, Arteon, Eos, Phaeton, Thing, etc. There just aren't enough of them.
@@drwisdom1 That's kind of what I was thinking, the low parts availability would make repairs costly. Thank you for the reply, I'll have to pass on the Coraddo, but I'm glad you enjoy yours. It definitely seems like a fun car.
@@TURBODON.6 yes. Stock manifold, followed by supersprint cat replacement (just a Inox pipe) followed by A skytune s-pipe to replace the mid resonator to End with the Sebring muffler
