A bad scirocco day

["Jay Docherty" <jdoc@postoffice.ptd.net>]

Incase no one knows it I'm trying to sell my 16v.  Today, prior ro 
the horrible snow storn, I had two people that sounded very serious 
about buying the car call and tell me they were coming to see it..  So 
just before 11:00 Am I went out to start it and get it warmed up so 
they could test drive it.
I haven't driven the car daily for about seven months so the battery 
is a bit dead.  Normally after a little cranking the car starts.  BUT 
today it refused to start.  So I brought over my mk1 to jump start 
it.  It would turn over plenty but still it wouldn't start.  Not 
wanting to destroy the battery in the mk1 I single handed pushed the 
16v about forty feet closer to my garage so I could hookup a charger 
to the battery.
Well, I hooked up the charger and still no spark.  It would turn 
over and over but it simply would not start.
SO I decided to push the 16v up a hill with my mk1 and attempt to 
start the car by poping the clutch.
Again single handed I put the cars bumper tp bumper and started 
pushing.  Every five feet or so I had would stop to make sure neither 
car was being damaged.  
But just before the crest of the hill my 16v's bumper popped over the 
mk1's bumper.  Not even wanting to see the damage I pulled the mk1 
back down the hill and parked it.  Ran back up the hill and jumped in 
my 16v.  Coasted down the hill and STALLED.
At this point I was very pissed but I figure things couldn't get much 
worse so I walked over to assess the mk1's damage.
Two smashed headlights and one cracked grill is the final assessment.
As things stand right now I have 1 16v that won't start and 1 mk1 
that can't see in the dark.  Not to mention the 6 inches of snow over 
the both of them.

Anyway does anyone know how to tell the difference between the 
european headlights vs the domestic?  I think the previous owner 
might have put the european in.  Thats what I want to replace them 
with.

                                      Jay
'80 Scirocco 8v
'88 Scirocco 16v

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