Full list of the stats / mods of the car as it was when the lap was recorded (Oct. 10th 2022): - VR6 2,9l, 190 hp stock engine, stock exhaust - stock (open) diff., clutch, gearbox - Bilstein B12 coils & dampers - Carbon hood, LiPo battery, SPAL coolers for weight reduction at front = improved weight balance - Eibach Anti Roll Kit (stabilizers) front & rear - Wiechers strut bars front & rear - OZ Ultraleggera wheels - Pirelli Zero Nero (performance summer tire) - Tarox F2000 discs (heat treated), Tarox Corsa pads (street/track pad), Tarox RoadRace fluid Fluid was fresh (done just two days before), but my *#@x mechanic didn't flush the lines like he was told so the pedal was a bit soft. But there was zero brake fade, as Misha later confirmed. I had temperature markers on the discs; we reached around 500° C; Tarox Corsas work fine up to 800°C. Thanks again for this experience Misha - you the man!!
Beleave me the breake pedalfeel is allways bad you can let the air out and after 2 weekends on track it will be soft again. I talked to a mechanic that owns a Corrado 2.0 8v and he said it is because of the shitty Mark 2 ABS System. It does not matter if you upgrade brake, lines and fluid, i have done all of those things and it still gets soft again really fast. After about 50 laps you have to pump the pedal a bit once befor you hit the breakingpoint, then you have a nice firm pedalfeel. Also the Corrado ABS System is hard to bleed even for mechanics because you have to do it a special way or it wont feel bled at all. TLDR: The Corrado ABS is Shit 😅 Grüsse Michi mit dem blauen Corrado ✌😁
Always a fan of these "bad" weather laps. It's pretty interesting to see how just being on the right line can make all the difference. These sort of laps are fun but technical. Who doesn't love driving in rain anyway.
@@jimwheeler6094 Same. When the road is wet, I have pussy mode activated on my right foot xD That lap would've given me fair sweat levels. I guess it comes down to experience and taking cars often to the limit of grip, knowledge of the surface and tyres...it's a lot to build upon for a novice driver and hardly the kind of thing you want to discover on the road. I've slid on wet tarmac, done some low speed drifting, some full-on aquaplaning but I'm still extra cautious on wet roads when I want to have a little fun. Better safe than sorry ^^
Wanted a VW Corrado when I was 20, bought a awd DSM instead. This is one of the best looking VW ever made. Super rare in the US, unfortunately most of them were crashed or rusted or both
It's a shame the weather was so bad. I would love to see this pushed hard in the dry. Some upgraded cams and a lightweight flywheel would improve the response from the VR6 quite nicely.
That was a pleasure to watch :) Did you also notice how the fuel needle fluctuates, like: As you accelerate the needle goes down, and when you brake it goes up? Also a thank you to you @stoneeh
Great video Misha! Love watching you drive a more ordinary (yet still fast) car in the wet and learning from your techniques. We have a lot of rain in the UK so it is very helpful 👍
Great lap which shows how smooth and precise Misha is while driving, not only in the wet but in general, absolutely amazing driving skills. I wish to be at least 10% such a good driver as Misha is. Cool car, I've always liked corrado for its unusual looks and the vr6 engine. Thank you guys for this video!
I love these cars. Great looking and fun. One of the best from the 90s. Hope to see one run with a little hustle, they can do it well. Great little hot rod. Such a crappy day, still a great drive.
Extra Zen mode engage. I am also a wet lap lover. It’s easier on the cars too. Driving on the edge in the wet and keeping it smooth’n tidy is a special feeling. Thanks for the video (and miata lap too) 🤙
I internalize driving/riding in the rain like my experience with wet sanding. The friction you need is there, but how much and where the water goes makes a big difference. Standing water is pretty scary.
Corrado was something between Golf 2 and 3 but still something special. Ther rear spoliler make yo feel like owning a porsche , especially if you had a VR6. I remembered it well when my Father boght a Passt i35 back then but he orderet it with facrory spoiler. I asked him why we dont buy the corrado, he said that my Mother wont like it because too fast an too small boot.
I had a Corrado for years. I love these cars sadly sold when my first was born and haven't been able to afford to replace it since their prices have doubled/quadupled. I'm in the states and made sure to take my oem 2.9l intake and oe euro french spec headlights and foglights out before selling it. One day I'll find the replacement and put my goodies back onto it. Such fun cars on a winding backroad.
Wonderful video, thank you! Back in the day I had a soft spot for the Corrado but sadly my finances would only stretch as far as a Mk1 Fiesta XR2 with 'pepperpot' alloys 😄
Like every teenager growing up in the ‘90s, I thought the Corrado was really cool…until I found out it was FWD. At that point I saw it as a hotted up Golf for way more money. Holy yikes on the weather for this lap, Misha! Never seen the track that dark except when racing at night or right before sunset! Def not the kind of conditions you want to take a supercar with wide tires out in! Cheers, 🖖😎👍
that is also one of my favorites 90s car. great handling. great looks, but bad reliability and terrible price! but still amazing, here in Portugal we only had the G60, the VR6 was way too expensive, even for expensive cars standart.
Amazing car and great skills on the track, I would've drivien it straight into the wall in the first right corner.😂 Awesome to watch, and thank you for sharing your car @stoneeh.
Misha, "Brake pedal kinda soft-ish" Layed-back owner, "I did fluid, but didn't put the air out" Misha's thinking, WTF ! You did what? Really. Don't know whats worse, him not "putting the air out" or him not telling you before setting off on the lap. Wow wow wow, what an absolute stunning bit of driving, The Ring can't get wetter than that for sure, treacherous conditions. Love the hazard perception at Breidscheid involving the dry-line driver from the UK. Always loved the shape of the Corrado, never got my hands on one when I was younger, always had MK2 Golf GTI's 8V. Awesome video TY for the upload
The pedal travel was slightly longer and I considered it a non-issue. I drove 8 hours on the Autobahn getting there and braked multiple times from 200+ - absolutely no problem. Misha told me afterwards too there was zero brake fade or anything major. I would have normally had it done of course, but it was days before season closing and I didn't want to go to the shop again after I had already told the first mechanic to do it, which he didn't, and risk postponing the whole thing to next season for something minor. Misha is an amazing driver, and this video only reflects 1/10 of what it felt like IRL. If you got a chance, do a lap with him - you won't regret it. And yes, I too still love my Corrado :)
@@stoneeh I suspect that you only changed the brake fluid in the reservoir,which would not need the system bleeding, obviously you would if you wanted to pull the new brake fluid through to the calipers all round, it was just your comment about the Air. It was obvious that there was not air in the system as you would have felt an issue with the brakes long before you got to the Ring. It's very true that he is an awesome driver and knows the Ring as good as anybody in the world without a doubt. would love a Lap with him. Take care of your gorgeous Corrado, thay are a rare car now especially the VR6 as you know
@3:36 when Misha finds out that the brake lines haven't been bled, 😱🤣. Jesus, what a time to find that out. I always lusted after the Corrado VR6 as the more refined and robust big brother to the Rabbit and GTI. Misha has a far bigger pair of nuts than to drive that course at that rate of speed in heavy rain conditions.
Pump it out of the master cylinder (with a turkey baster or something), add new fluid put the cap back on, squeeze the brakes a bunch, take cap off and repeat. It's wasteful but helpful if you don't have someone to help open and close the bleed valve.
@@MauriceNL1 I own a Corrado 2.0 and a Golf 3 2.9 VR6 and i can tell you without an aftermarket oilcooler this is possibe its a must-have upgrade if you drive track or mountain passes
Full list of the stats / mods of the car as it was when the lap was recorded (Oct. 10th 2022):
- VR6 2,9l, 190 hp stock engine, stock exhaust
- stock (open) diff., clutch, gearbox
- Bilstein B12 coils & dampers
- Carbon hood, LiPo battery, SPAL coolers for weight reduction at front = improved weight balance
- Eibach Anti Roll Kit (stabilizers) front & rear
- Wiechers strut bars front & rear
- OZ Ultraleggera wheels
- Pirelli Zero Nero (performance summer tire)
- Tarox F2000 discs (heat treated), Tarox Corsa pads (street/track pad), Tarox RoadRace fluid
Fluid was fresh (done just two days before), but my *#@x mechanic didn't flush the lines like he was told so the pedal was a bit soft. But there was zero brake fade, as Misha later confirmed. I had temperature markers on the discs; we reached around 500° C; Tarox Corsas work fine up to 800°C.
Thanks again for this experience Misha - you the man!!
Thank you again for the lap and letting me drive one of my "childhood heroes"!
Plus Rain-x and good windshield wipers!
Beleave me the breake pedalfeel is allways bad you can let the air out and after 2 weekends on track it will be soft again. I talked to a mechanic that owns a Corrado 2.0 8v and he said it is because of the shitty Mark 2 ABS System. It does not matter if you upgrade brake, lines and fluid, i have done all of those things and it still gets soft again really fast. After about 50 laps you have to pump the pedal a bit once befor you hit the breakingpoint, then you have a nice firm pedalfeel.
Also the Corrado ABS System is hard to bleed even for mechanics because you have to do it a special way or it wont feel bled at all.
TLDR: The Corrado ABS is Shit 😅
Grüsse
Michi mit dem blauen Corrado ✌😁
Get a new mechanic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@PixelVogue yup, everything can be fixed. Even a VW
Always a fan of these "bad" weather laps. It's pretty interesting to see how just being on the right line can make all the difference. These sort of laps are fun but technical. Who doesn't love driving in rain anyway.
Anyone who has to deal with oncoming traffic and their lights! I love rain until dusk.
Always amazing to see how quick you can be on a wet track when you know what you are doing
Not going to lie, that would have scared the hell out of me!
@@jimwheeler6094 Same. When the road is wet, I have pussy mode activated on my right foot xD That lap would've given me fair sweat levels. I guess it comes down to experience and taking cars often to the limit of grip, knowledge of the surface and tyres...it's a lot to build upon for a novice driver and hardly the kind of thing you want to discover on the road. I've slid on wet tarmac, done some low speed drifting, some full-on aquaplaning but I'm still extra cautious on wet roads when I want to have a little fun. Better safe than sorry ^^
watching the fuel gauge move as Misha did the lap was so funny to me
Mpg must be amazing ! . . . the higher you rev the more fuel you aquire! Brilliant !
It’s….baffling…isn’t it 😅
Same 😅
Hahah I drive a Corrado g60 and my fuel gauge goes down when I’m high speed so when I slow down I see the fuel magically fill up
The G force doing wonders with that fuel gauge 🌊
Wanted a VW Corrado when I was 20, bought a awd DSM instead. This is one of the best looking VW ever made. Super rare in the US, unfortunately most of them were crashed or rusted or both
It's a shame the weather was so bad. I would love to see this pushed hard in the dry.
Some upgraded cams and a lightweight flywheel would improve the response from the VR6 quite nicely.
*Misha settling in to a nice enjoyable wet lap in a corrado*
Owner: "I didn't bleed my brakes btw"
Misha: *panic*
So smoothly driven in such relaxed way, but so fast - real car control.
That was a pleasure to watch :)
Did you also notice how the fuel needle fluctuates, like: As you accelerate the needle goes down, and when you brake it goes up?
Also a thank you to you @stoneeh
👍👍
Old-school live fuel consumption indicator xD
@@papapetad Yes. I just don't remember it ever being that much 😊
Great video Misha! Love watching you drive a more ordinary (yet still fast) car in the wet and learning from your techniques. We have a lot of rain in the UK so it is very helpful 👍
The sound of the rain made this a very therapeutic drive. Perfect to watch before bed.
Wow it's raining cats and dogs. Nice and steady that's the best way in that rain. Such a lovely car. And the colour is amazing too. Excellent video. ✌
Always relaxing watching rain laps, slow and chill. Plus the sound of rain is nice
Dry line in wet = slippy rubber.
Great lap which shows how smooth and precise Misha is while driving, not only in the wet but in general, absolutely amazing driving skills. I wish to be at least 10% such a good driver as Misha is.
Cool car, I've always liked corrado for its unusual looks and the vr6 engine. Thank you guys for this video!
I love these cars. Great looking and fun. One of the best from the 90s. Hope to see one run with a little hustle, they can do it well. Great little hot rod. Such a crappy day, still a great drive.
Extra Zen mode engage. I am also a wet lap lover. It’s easier on the cars too. Driving on the edge in the wet and keeping it smooth’n tidy is a special feeling. Thanks for the video (and miata lap too) 🤙
I internalize driving/riding in the rain like my experience with wet sanding. The friction you need is there, but how much and where the water goes makes a big difference. Standing water is pretty scary.
first new car I ever test drove. VR6 made it super special
Great video. I alwyas find driving in the wet a much more personal and intimate experience. Loved it.
I have always loved the Corrado!! Not very wet lap! ❤
Corrado was something between Golf 2 and 3 but still something special. Ther rear spoliler make yo feel like owning a porsche , especially if you had a VR6. I remembered it well when my Father boght a Passt i35 back then but he orderet it with facrory spoiler. I asked him why we dont buy the corrado, he said that my Mother wont like it because too fast an too small boot.
I had a Corrado for years. I love these cars sadly sold when my first was born and haven't been able to afford to replace it since their prices have doubled/quadupled. I'm in the states and made sure to take my oem 2.9l intake and oe euro french spec headlights and foglights out before selling it. One day I'll find the replacement and put my goodies back onto it. Such fun cars on a winding backroad.
VR6 used to be such a great engine back in the days. I've always preferred it to the G60 versions.
What a relaxing Lap better then 10h rain sound viedos! 😌
I love how the brakes are recharging the fuel tank 😀
Hahaa, "Dry line, bro, dry line". While being literally second ago on opposite lock during braking on wet line :) Good video, as usual.
So you can only imagine how much worse dry line is ;)
Great car, Misha your car control in the wet is outstanding, obviously outstanding in the dry too!
Wonderful video, thank you! Back in the day I had a soft spot for the Corrado but sadly my finances would only stretch as far as a Mk1 Fiesta XR2 with 'pepperpot' alloys 😄
Great bit of driving there Misha... and lucky that red car didn't come back across.
amazing driving in wet conditions. especially in an old car with no electronics! Cheers, Misha!
Mishas right middle finger is so used to operate paddle shifts. :D The finger is sometimes hovering in the air.
True haha
that supra driver did NOT kno the wet line lmao
hope they learned smthn following u a bit lol !
awesome lap ! thx 4 sharing !
Quick car in its day, a little nose heavy, but handling was very predictable, I've had 2 corrados and 2 VR6 golf's, loved them all.
Like every teenager growing up in the ‘90s, I thought the Corrado was really cool…until I found out it was FWD. At that point I saw it as a hotted up Golf for way more money. Holy yikes on the weather for this lap, Misha! Never seen the track that dark except when racing at night or right before sunset! Def not the kind of conditions you want to take a supercar with wide tires out in!
Cheers, 🖖😎👍
Great drive Misha!!! Obvious experience doing wetlaps and the car is amazing even with the soft brakes it did the job and not slow at all.👏🙌
Corrado! Sickkk! This is gonna be a good one
Same colour as my Corrado. Damn I miss that thing
02:13 The spoiler still works 😊
Haha true. And I am sorry you don't have yours anymore :(
Is an old Volkswagen faster than a new Supra? Yes! 😁
BTW, that white Yaris(?) was hauling ass!
Yes awd gives you double the traction and confidence.
excellent save by the fiesta. we'll done that exactly how you control it 😊
Very cool lap to watch and see your smoooooth drving @Misha , the weather just adds to the whole video.
that is also one of my favorites 90s car. great handling. great looks, but bad reliability and terrible price! but still amazing, here in Portugal we only had the G60, the VR6 was way too expensive, even for expensive cars standart.
Amazing car and great skills on the track, I would've drivien it straight into the wall in the first right corner.😂
Awesome to watch, and thank you for sharing your car @stoneeh.
Awesome control Misha and balls of steel
0:26 when Yaris boss music intensifies
10:59 cross the BMW hoo sorry 😐 Supra LoL 😂 .
12:57 And disappeared from the infinity ♾️
You are crazy, That!s a rain storm!😬
Thankyou Misha - great to show that a lap can be made in the wet without sliding off at the first corner!
I like that Corrado. It was one of my dream cars too.
Loved my Corrado VR6 miss that car like crazy. I never should have sold it. Best fwd of the 90s.
The entire drive have calming effect
7:35 Misha KingofWet : "Dry line bro"😒😒
VR6 and the G60 Corrado were the ones I was drooling over. :)
6:09 expensive gas? Break and turn right. 🤣
Misha Nürburging Industry Pool Driver 😁Driving Like a Legens🛣️
Funny…. That happened to me at exact the same point… also with a red fiesta st 😂
Nordschleife and relaxation videos seem to be different things.Misha proves the opposite with his skill.
Not kissing ass, it was amazing what he can do never having even driven a type of car.
Beautiful Corrado 😍😍
Micha, that’s realy shows in this shitty conditions what a GR8 driver you are, congratz and recpect!!!!
Misha, "Brake pedal kinda soft-ish"
Layed-back owner, "I did fluid, but didn't put the air out"
Misha's thinking, WTF ! You did what? Really.
Don't know whats worse, him not "putting the air out" or him not telling you before setting off on the lap.
Wow wow wow, what an absolute stunning bit of driving, The Ring can't get wetter than that for sure, treacherous conditions. Love the hazard perception at Breidscheid involving the dry-line driver from the UK.
Always loved the shape of the Corrado, never got my hands on one when I was younger, always had MK2 Golf GTI's 8V. Awesome video TY for the upload
The pedal travel was slightly longer and I considered it a non-issue. I drove 8 hours on the Autobahn getting there and braked multiple times from 200+ - absolutely no problem. Misha told me afterwards too there was zero brake fade or anything major. I would have normally had it done of course, but it was days before season closing and I didn't want to go to the shop again after I had already told the first mechanic to do it, which he didn't, and risk postponing the whole thing to next season for something minor.
Misha is an amazing driver, and this video only reflects 1/10 of what it felt like IRL. If you got a chance, do a lap with him - you won't regret it. And yes, I too still love my Corrado :)
@@stoneeh I suspect that you only changed the brake fluid in the reservoir,which would not need the system bleeding, obviously you would if you wanted to pull the new brake fluid through to the calipers all round, it was just your comment about the Air. It was obvious that there was not air in the system as you would have felt an issue with the brakes long before you got to the Ring.
It's very true that he is an awesome driver and knows the Ring as good as anybody in the world without a doubt. would love a Lap with him. Take care of your gorgeous Corrado, thay are a rare car now especially the VR6 as you know
I personally don’t know how driving on a track in these conditions is pleasurable? I guess it tests your skills
I love it
Hollabrunn 😀 Nice to see a car from Austria once in a while.
Servas!
Wish VW would do updated version of the Corrado like they did the Scirroco.
Hell yes. But they can never do a proper NA engine like the various VRs again, because of emissions.
Torrental rain! Jesus!
Some code brown moments Mischa....
Great lap with not to much risk.👍🏻 Drive the Corrado VR6 same in Forza!😁
beautiful lap, beautiful car, beautiful driver. also i miss your russian friends from before i hope there doing well.
Always wanted a Corrado!
Nice lap💥, how can he avoid hydrauplane at these speeds
What bloody dryline lol, great vid, credit where credit is due Ur an amazing driver especially driving on a river🤯
Top the top is Corrado VR6 VSR full Recaro
Corrado !! ❤ that is a beautiful car! my Dad had 2, my Mum had 1 . Love them
Good video
Good comment
I love seeing more Corrado VR6 :) My 1st car 1993
Cool haircut Misha.
Have you done a lap in the darkside ring tractor yet?
No
Misha, im planning on coming over to the Ring next year, and have a Golf mk5 r32. If youd like to take her for a spin id be more than willing. Cheers
He might not be reading this anymore; best PM him on FB or Insta.
I had a silver 92 silver from 1996-98
I have never seen a fuel gauge with the litres left on it. Interesting
Miss mine. Did my laps in a prepped Scirocco. The stock brake feel is awful on these.
Just Ford Fiesta things 😂
That Yaris @7:30 😲
miss my vr6 storm Corrado in dragon green :(
Nothing like the sound of a Vr6 !
@3:36 when Misha finds out that the brake lines haven't been bled, 😱🤣. Jesus, what a time to find that out. I always lusted after the Corrado VR6 as the more refined and robust big brother to the Rabbit and GTI. Misha has a far bigger pair of nuts than to drive that course at that rate of speed in heavy rain conditions.
The one time I wanted to see you drive a Corrado VR on the ring and it happens to be a wet lap😩
I'll probably be back for a dry lap.
How many speedbumps are there!? Oh it's the wiper blades :p
Nice of him to let you know the brakes haven't been bled properly mid lap in the pouring rain 😬
The fuel meter seems to be doubtfull under G-force :) 70! ltr capacity is alot though.
Wet, wet, wet. Mooie Corrado.
Magic gazoline gauge ! 👍
Imagine you have to do a full race in that conditions! 😱
Smooth
Love it when drivers admit to issues with their car after a few corners 🤦😅
Pretty high oil temperature. And not even going flat out because of the rainy weather and the brakes.
noticed this also and was astonished. Although the Corrado VR6 is known to run quite hot, this is not normal and I own a Corrado VR6 myself.
Great car!
Wow he got very lucky.
Nice video. It is strange to see that the fuel meter is filled quite a bit back a number of times
So how exactly do you put in fresh brake fluid without flushing the old fluid out through the four calipers? I'm really curious.
Pump it out of the master cylinder (with a turkey baster or something), add new fluid put the cap back on, squeeze the brakes a bunch, take cap off and repeat. It's wasteful but helpful if you don't have someone to help open and close the bleed valve.
In the german corrado- forum there are very useful, detailled instructions how to bleed the different brake- systems of the various sorts of Corrados.
Braking mid corner in heavy rain? That fiesta gut was pretty lucky, that he spun without hitting anything
the oil temperature on a rainy lap like this... what it will be on a dry lap 😬
As far as wet laps go this is a proper wet lap 😎
Maybe the gauge is not correct. On the begin with idle it was 104C and max was 134C that can't be right
The air cools the oil, not water.
@@MauriceNL1 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
@@tomahoks really? 🤔
@@MauriceNL1 I own a Corrado 2.0 and a Golf 3 2.9 VR6 and i can tell you without an aftermarket oilcooler this is possibe its a must-have upgrade if you drive track or mountain passes