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Re: No more 3door Golf Rs...WTF?
« Reply #15 on: December 14, 2018, 10:04:20 am »
Cheers guys  :smiley:  The wheels on the Corrado are 8x17 Compomotive MO, but I went through several sets of different wheels....and coilover kits, as you do!  They suited the car but were HEAVY!  I do remember Azev As though, classic wheel  :happy2:   

Handling with the R32 engine was OK actually.  It's not much heavier than the 12V engine thanks to a lot of plastic parts  :grin:   The handling of the Corrado, MK2, MK4 R32 doesn't even come close to the MK5 though  :smiley:   The problem with those cars was floppy body shells, so no amount of 4 figure coilover kits could ever sort that!  The biggest clue to a floppy shell is when you jack up one corner of the car and you can't open the door, or is very stiff/clunky on the latch.  Jack up a corner of the MK5 and the door opens like it's on the ground.  Super stiff  :happy2:

Yeah I was on the VR6OC, VWVortex and Corrado forum for years.  The Corrado scene was a bit nerdy like the Porsche club, and I don't think many people appreciated the sacrilege of fitting R32 engines, or turboing the VR6 engine  :grin:   You're right though, the good old days are long gone.  I guess people move on, or get married and have kids.

I'm actually looking forward to electric power becoming affordable.  I also think there will be a huge market in converting old cars to electric.  It's already popular in the states with people fitting Tesla motors to old Audis and Bimmers  :grin:   In it's most basic form, you could simply bolt a motor to the gearbox and replace the petrol tank with a f'ck ton of Duracell batteries  :grin:  I'm pretty confident there will companies cropping up in the next 10 years that specialise in doing that.  Otherwise what will happen to the millions of fossil fueled cars?  The amount of energy required to recycle that many cars would have the Eco warriors storming congress/parliament!

Yeah the Clubsport would be a good move. An easy 500 brake with a TurboTechnics V5 turbo and remap  :happy2:  I may end up doing the same as you.  My ED30 is going to fall victim to rust soon, and I really can't be doing with that.  I've seen a bubble here and there recently, which will only get worse.  I'm no bodywork specialist, and respraying an 11 year old car doesn't make financial sense, especially as it won't make it handle better, or drive faster  :grin:

7R is ruled out for me.  Feels too heavy through the corners and I don't like the interior choices, or the silly quad tailpipes, not to mention them being theft targets.

And back on topic.....every 5 door car I've owned ended up with slow or seized rear windows, and central locking solenoids that stop working because they rarely get used.  3 door is just better for reliability and better for styling  :happy2:






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Re: No more 3door Golf Rs...WTF?
« Reply #16 on: December 14, 2018, 08:06:24 pm »
I’m a true lover of a 3 door! Absolutely gutting they’ll be stopping them!
I hope they get serious complaints and decide to bring out the next model with 3 doors.


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Re: No more 3door Golf Rs...WTF?
« Reply #17 on: December 15, 2018, 10:29:53 am »
You can always buy a two door two seater.

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Re: No more 3door Golf Rs...WTF?
« Reply #18 on: December 15, 2018, 11:55:43 am »
Cheers guys  :smiley:  The wheels on the Corrado are 8x17 Compomotive MO, but I went through several sets of different wheels....and coilover kits, as you do!  They suited the car but were HEAVY!  I do remember Azev As though, classic wheel  :happy2:   

Handling with the R32 engine was OK actually.  It's not much heavier than the 12V engine thanks to a lot of plastic parts  :grin:   The handling of the Corrado, MK2, MK4 R32 doesn't even come close to the MK5 though  :smiley:   The problem with those cars was floppy body shells, so no amount of 4 figure coilover kits could ever sort that!  The biggest clue to a floppy shell is when you jack up one corner of the car and you can't open the door, or is very stiff/clunky on the latch.  Jack up a corner of the MK5 and the door opens like it's on the ground.  Super stiff  :happy2:

Yeah I was on the VR6OC, VWVortex and Corrado forum for years.  The Corrado scene was a bit nerdy like the Porsche club, and I don't think many people appreciated the sacrilege of fitting R32 engines, or turboing the VR6 engine  :grin:   You're right though, the good old days are long gone.  I guess people move on, or get married and have kids.

I'm actually looking forward to electric power becoming affordable.  I also think there will be a huge market in converting old cars to electric.  It's already popular in the states with people fitting Tesla motors to old Audis and Bimmers  :grin:   In it's most basic form, you could simply bolt a motor to the gearbox and replace the petrol tank with a f'ck ton of Duracell batteries  :grin:  I'm pretty confident there will companies cropping up in the next 10 years that specialise in doing that.  Otherwise what will happen to the millions of fossil fueled cars?  The amount of energy required to recycle that many cars would have the Eco warriors storming congress/parliament!

Yeah the Clubsport would be a good move. An easy 500 brake with a TurboTechnics V5 turbo and remap  :happy2:  I may end up doing the same as you.  My ED30 is going to fall victim to rust soon, and I really can't be doing with that.  I've seen a bubble here and there recently, which will only get worse.  I'm no bodywork specialist, and respraying an 11 year old car doesn't make financial sense, especially as it won't make it handle better, or drive faster  :grin:

7R is ruled out for me.  Feels too heavy through the corners and I don't like the interior choices, or the silly quad tailpipes, not to mention them being theft targets.

And back on topic.....every 5 door car I've owned ended up with slow or seized rear windows, and central locking solenoids that stop working because they rarely get used.  3 door is just better for reliability and better for styling  :happy2:

Great looking corrado mate i actually managed to find my old panasonic laptop thats got some pics saved on it im pretty sure which i know has my Mk2s and at least one of my rados on it...no charger for it but im gonna try ebay for one for the hell of it...failing that il just make one up...really want a pic of my blue Mk2 3 door big bumper 90 model i had(elec windows and power steering!)...dropped an AGU 20vt in it from an old TT and it was quick for back in the day.....looked minted the paint was epic....not helios blue i dnt think cld never find the exact paint name?....a wee quiz for anyone into mk2s find me the blue colour names lol?

Bought it for £800 off one of the lads cos the brakes were non existant and i took it with no wheels ha..his where crappy rimstyle jobbies or something. I put a set of Borbets Cs on that i stole off another mate for £50 at the time, reconned them for £120, cheapish coilovers (FKs i think at the time..not the best) for about £250...got the engine from a scrappy mate for £300 cos he thght it was pumped...wasnt just needed a set of rods which i robbed from my mates fckd ibiza cupra for £30...new brake lines and servo..about £50. In the end i had it 2-3 years and sold it to a boy in the gym for £6k :innocent:...it made its way to england cos he was in the army then i heard couple years back its still on the go back in a place called ayrshire where im originally from...unreal eh.

If the paints still mint who knows what its worth now right enough lol... it was clean as fck hopefully someone kept it that way.

Anyway random story from me....and im going to look at MK2s online right now outta curiosity.....it started life as an 8V which i prefered over the 16V for just driving about...nice little grunt from the digifant beast lol.

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No more 3door Golf Rs...WTF?
« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2018, 09:12:12 am »
You can always buy a two door two seater.

Like this - www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/features/price-match-promise-volkswagen-golf-r-vs-first-gen-audi-r8

Indeed and what a lovely sounding engine the r8 has.

Not that I could afford one.
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Re: No more 3door Golf Rs...WTF?
« Reply #21 on: December 17, 2018, 09:14:16 am »
I still miss my Bright Blue Metallic MK2. Stuck a 2.0L ABF in and the Happiche pop out windows. Rare  :jumping:

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Re: No more 3door Golf Rs...WTF?
« Reply #22 on: December 17, 2018, 09:15:01 am »
The Corrado is an awesome car.

I have one tucked away for the winter.


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Re: No more 3door Golf Rs...WTF?
« Reply #23 on: December 19, 2018, 01:36:21 pm »
I saw a Corrado on the road the other day for the first time in years.  It looked so tiny  :confused:  I don't think I would feel safe in one anymore with hulking great SUVs surrounding it!  I also noticed the current Polo is about the same size as a MK5 Golf.  Madness.

You can always buy a two door two seater.

Like this - www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/features/price-match-promise-volkswagen-golf-r-vs-first-gen-audi-r8

Oh god no.  Worst Audi ever made for reliability and build quality. 

Whilst Audi injected a much needed improvement to Lamborghini's poor workmanship, some of their crapness unfortunately made it's way back into Audi.   I mean, a car costing £100K shouldn't snap it's frame, right?

This is just complete structural failure under normal use.  Right on the strut support, exactly where you don't want a failure like this.  Shoddy crap.





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Re: No more 3door Golf Rs...WTF?
« Reply #24 on: December 19, 2018, 02:11:48 pm »
I was a bit shocked when I saw a video on Youtube about this issue from an R8 owner! :surprised:

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Re: No more 3door Golf Rs...WTF?
« Reply #25 on: December 20, 2018, 05:02:08 pm »
Yeah it's a really poor design.  It's just a bracket welded to the bulkhead  :surprised:   That whole area should be a solid and very substantial billet section to support the loads of the strut.  Welded aluminium brackets in such a high stress area is a really, really bad idea!  Audi should know better!

My friend had an early manual V8 and it cost him a fortune in maintenance and problems.  He didn't keep it long  :grin:

I'd get a 911 personally.  Much better made and more reliable, particularly if you get a 997 which doesn't have the IMS issue.


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Re: No more 3door Golf Rs...WTF?
« Reply #26 on: December 24, 2018, 11:45:43 am »
I think i also saw the video where you might have got those pics from pudding or somthing similar anyway...some American guy took a chance on an insurance right off R8? Its crazy these were not recalled completely for this year and model....imagine paying all that money for a R8 and its just waiting to break eesh.

Audis solution was to weld in supporting brackets....yuck

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Re: No more 3door Golf Rs...WTF?
« Reply #27 on: January 19, 2019, 11:50:13 am »
Shame!  All Golf GTi's / R's should be 3 door imho!!

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Re: No more 3door Golf Rs...WTF?
« Reply #28 on: January 19, 2019, 02:02:51 pm »
Shame!  All Golf GTi's / R's should be 3 door imho!!


No they shouldn’t........   get a proper two seater with two doors.


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