WOO HOO! Bought a Rocco finally!

["Mike VanAmburgh" <vwvr6r@hotmail.com>]

Hey all.  Yep, I finally found a decent Scirocco worth buying.  I've 
been on and off the list for a couple years now.  I'm the guy who had 
the 89 Scirocco Scala and 81 Scirocco 1.8 when I lived in Germany for 
those who might remember.  I've also had in the past an 80 Scirocco and 
86 Scirocco.  I moved to Utah June 97 and couldn't believe the 
assortment of trashed Sciroccos I looked at.  At the moment I'm on 
vacation (actually driving a sugar beet truck in MN for a few weeks) and 
I stumbled on an 88 Scirocco 16V at a small used car dealer in Grand 
Forks, ND.  I saw it at night and looked at it briefly figuring it would 
be trashed.  I was in the area again today and decided to check it out.  
I really thought I was going to be able to rip it apart with problems.  
To my surprise, of what I've seen so far, the car is in great shape!  It 
has a blown parking light...whoopie..and a crackling noise around the 
coil area.  It sounds like a sparking noise, but it doesn't affect the 
way the car runs.  It still seems to run strong like a 16V should.  

But anyway, the car is a red 88 16V with only 93k and some change miles.  
It seems to have been repainted a few years ago, but the ground effects 
are a bit faded.  I could tell someone had made a feeble attempt at 
fixing the side bolsters on the front seats.  They are much lower than 
they should be.  It has A/C, sunroof, but no cruise.  To my surprise, 
the A/C actually works...brr.  Gotta love that R12.  

Where does the water temperature gauge hang out for those of you with 
16Vs?  This one was running about 3/4 up the gauge.  Is that a bit high?  
I know it's not bad, but I'd like to see it a little lower.  

But anyway, thanks for listening.  It's good to have a Scirocco again.  
I just agreed to buy it tonight, so I don't even have it in my 
possession yet.  I'll be picking it up tomorrow so I'm sure I'll have 
more questions for ya.  :-)  

If I could get some comments/advice on the crackling noise and the temp 
gauge, I'd greatly appreciate it!  Thanks!

Oh btw, I only paid $1400 for the car!  

On a side note, I need to figure out how to get this car to UT.  Anyone 
in the MN / ND area needing transportation to UT?  All you need to do is 
drive an 88 Scirocco there.  Gas is on me.  My wife is with me but hates 
to drive and I need to drive the GTI that we have with us now.  We'll be 
coming thru Montana also if anyone there wants a free trip to UT.  I 
should be able to persuade the wife into driving to your location.  I 
hear a big snowstorm is coming thru the UT mountains...ahem...skiers?  
Bring your friends!  It's free!  :-)

- -Mike
95 GTI VR6
88 Scirocco 16V
87 Cabbie
86 Jetta GLI <----now for sale!  

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