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Scania · 24 Apr 2016 at 22:08

Lopéz said:
Unlikely. I'd put a new belt on it to be safe, and a battery and I bet it would not only run but run absolutely fine. Get it warmed up then do an oil change, I highly doubt it would need anything like a full strip down and rebuild.

I hauled an RS Turbo out of a chicken shed a couple of months ago, it had been there since 1999. Fired up with a small puff of smoke on the first crank with a new battery, spluttered on 3 cylinders for about 30 seconds and was absolutely fine after that. Engines are generally not as fragile as people seem to think they are.

I have done this loads of times with cars that have been laid up for all sorts of long periods.

Hmm, I wonder if you've dropped lucky tbh, the issues we've had at work with trucks that have been laid up for a few months when work drops off is surprising, they don't like periods of inactivity and I'm taking here if commercial vehicles that are designed to take abuse, recalling the issues I had with my old RST which was never laid up makes me think your indeed charmed, I really can't see how the Op is going to achieve any more than scrap value for his VW with it laying idle for so long, I don't see it as a viable proposition for whoever takes it on, tbh I don't think it's "special" enough to be worthwhile.

I sincerely hope I'm wrong though, it's always good to see old cars get a new lease of life.

InvaderGIR · 24 Apr 2016 at 22:41

Lopéz said:
Unlikely. I'd put a new belt on it to be safe, and a battery and I bet it would not only run but run absolutely fine. Get it warmed up then do an oil change, I highly doubt it would need anything like a full strip down and rebuild.

I hauled an RS Turbo out of a chicken shed a couple of months ago, it had been there since 1999. Fired up with a small puff of smoke on the first crank with a new battery, spluttered on 3 cylinders for about 30 seconds and was absolutely fine after that. Engines are generally not as fragile as people seem to think they are.

I have done this loads of times with cars that have been laid up for all sorts of long periods.

That's lovely, but to do something sensibly and just get it running is very different, especially as the G60 in VWs is known to be a temperamental engine with charger rebuilds required every few thousand miles / years.
It's not the engine itself that's fragile, it's belts and ancillaries that are with the G60, but hey, you started up an RS Turbo without much care for the engine so must be right...

Diddums · 24 Apr 2016 at 22:58

I recall that Gladers were always fickle beasts. A friend of mine had a Polo G40 and it was always in bits. I also wanted a Corrado as a youngster and everyone always said to go for the VR6 as the G60 was prone to lunching its Glader too.

Akagi · 24 Apr 2016 at 22:59

God you confused me then, Glader turned up no relevant Google results... I know now that you mean G-Lader (i.e the S/C)

Diddums · 24 Apr 2016 at 23:00

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-Lader

Translated, it means G loader. You know, like G force, because that sounded cool then. You weren't allowed to call it a supercharger or G loader in front of the fanboys, they started trembling.

Akagi · 24 Apr 2016 at 23:01

Diddums said:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-Lader

I know that now, I edited cos I hoped you hadn't seen it yet.

Diddums · 24 Apr 2016 at 23:02

Gotcha

Michael Myers · 25 Apr 2016 at 00:14

I wouldn't advise starting a g60 that's been sitting for that long, the charger will just grenade itself and you will have lost the only thing that's worth money on it. the charger will need to be stripped down and rebuilt before it runs, new bearings, k-lube and timing belt etc

Vish Petrol · 25 Apr 2016 at 00:37

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HummuH1 · 25 Apr 2016 at 15:15

AHarvey said:
Hi all,

Due to a massive debt and I can't see myself having the money to get my Corrado G60 sorted and on the road. (Full rebuild is looking at £5k and probably looking at £1000 to get everything it needs to pass an MOT).

I am advertising it on Facebook but only seem to get idiots offering me pennies for it. I know it's been off the road for 14 years but I'm not going to let it go for pennies. Autotrader is £37 for a basic 2 week advert and I'm not sure it'd get enough interest there.

Where else can I look at selling it?

No offence intended, but you're simply asking too much for what it is.

G60 is still a bit behind the VR6 in value terms and only the best examples are getting strong prices. Having looked at the images in your ad, it could easily take £5k and just as importantly, a lot of time to bring it into good condition.

Not what you want to hear, but if anyone gets close to £1k I'd bite their hand off and as you know, it's worth far more being split for parts.