Never forget the VW Corrado

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 06/26/2015 at 12:05 • Filed to: None

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Easily my favorite Volkswagen.

Der Käfer > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 12:09

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Such an oddly wonderful Volkswagen. I have always had a thing for Corrados.

Mercedes Streeter > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 12:14

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This is what I see on my screen. Thank you for making my day. xD

vicali > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 12:17

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Nice, the best part;

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Mercedes Streeter 06/26/2015 at 12:18

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What on earth? XD

and 100 more > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 12:19

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If those headlights were made with modern reflector buckets instead of sealed beams, it would look like this car was produced 5 years ago. Beautiful timeless shape.

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 12:20

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I will pour one out for all the 90’s compact sports-coupes that are no longer around.

Connqr > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 12:20

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What about this Volkswagen beetle?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > and 100 more 06/26/2015 at 12:20

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If it’s a standard sealed beam size there are plenty of drop-in replacements that will accept modern bulbs.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 12:21

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I would like one in some dark metallic green please, with the engine and stuff from the Passat R36... Oh, and tan interior and some 17” BBS RS thingys with gold centers..

looking something like this..

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > vicali 06/26/2015 at 12:21

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Active aero? That is too cool.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Connqr 06/26/2015 at 12:21

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Not a fan.

Connqr > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 12:22

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Too old?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Connqr 06/26/2015 at 12:23

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Just never saw the appeal of Porsches. The 944 and the Carrera GT are the only two I like, probably because they are the least “beetle-like” of the Porsche line.

Patrick Nichols > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 12:25

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Would buy a modern Corrado with the R drivetrain and kept the liftback style

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 12:26

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This. Times eleventy billion.

I’ve long dreamed of a Corrodo with a Golf R powerplant.

Cé hé sin > and 100 more 06/26/2015 at 12:28

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They’re not sealed beams of course (except possibly in America which required them at one point).

Mercedes Streeter > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 12:29

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It’s the XKCD Substitutions for Chrome. You can change any word you want. What I did, is that I basically changed the names of every car manufacturer I can think of to a different name. For example:

and 100 more > Cé hé sin 06/26/2015 at 12:30

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Oh...

So wait, then is the lens just textured like a sealed beam, as opposed to perfectly clear modern lenses?

Connqr > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 12:30

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No 918? Also, what about the Phaeton?

vicali > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 12:30

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Speed activated! lol, if it is working properly*

http://www.corrado-club.ca/mods/oldspoile…

*never

Roadster Man > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 12:35

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I love the Corrado. I was always a big fan of the FOX too!

Imirrelephant > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 12:42

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I love these, as well as the first gen Sirroco!

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Roadster Man 06/26/2015 at 12:51

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Woah, that’s cool.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Mercedes Streeter 06/26/2015 at 12:52

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Oh my god that is genius. Lost my stuff at peugot and honda.

vicali > Roadster Man 06/26/2015 at 12:59

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haha, I had a 91 2door.. 4 spd manual, my big upgrade was getting a passenger side mirror from a wagon.. longitudianl ftw! convincing mechanics it wasn’t an audi ftl..

M54B30 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 13:03

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I love the Corrado. Occasionally a local 5 speed VR6 (only one id bother getting) pops up for sale for an offensive amount

Mercedes Streeter > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 13:28

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This is just the tip of the iceberg lol Chrysler is known as “Imported From Bullshit”.

The Ghost of Oppo > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/26/2015 at 13:48

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I love Corrados. Is the one in your picture the one that someone had a Mk5 Gti interior retro-fitted into? I remember reading about that one in Eurotuner years ago.

Eurotuner is something else we should never forget either. When it was actually good! Not near the end when it became nothing but bagged Jettas.

Cé hé sin > and 100 more 06/26/2015 at 14:36

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It’s just the type of headlight that they used until the 90s and 00s. A patterned glass lens, polished reflector behind that, replaceable bulb. Sealed beams were much the same but they were literally sealed and had to be changed as a unit. Sealed beams weren’t popular with car makers because they were a very limited number of types.

For a long time sealed beams were compulsory in America so cars designed elsewhere had to have them fitted, often with unfortunate results.

Like this, showing other lighting changes as well:

As compared to the original