Re: WOO HOO! Bought a Rocco finally!

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

Congrats, dude... wish I lived out there. I'd love to drive a Scirocco that
far... not that I haven't already done it lots, but all mine have been 8v's.
Never actually driven a 16v for more than a few feet, except for a Golf...
    -Josiah
    '84 GTI
    '86 Scirocco 8v
    '87 QSW
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah

Mike VanAmburgh wrote:

> 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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