Fwd: My '84 got killed...

["Mark Peele" <scirocco_s@hotmail.com>]

>Well gang, I know I do not participate in this group much, some of you 
may
>remember me as VWcrazyTim@aol.com.  I have an '84 Wolsburg Edition 
Scirocco.
>Well, I loaned to a friend because his car was in the shop, and I also 
have a
>'90 Corrado G60, so I had another car to drive.  Well, he totalled my 
Scirocco
>very early Saturday morning.   He and a friend went out drinking and 
decided
>to drive my Scirocco when they went. (even though my friend has gotten 
his car
>back from the shop Friday afternoon)  My car had lots of high 
performance
>goodies on it motor and suspension wise, and since he was drunk decided 
it was
>a good time to test some of these parts.  Well, let's just say that it 
had
>been raining an hour before this, so roads were wet.  He took a 15mph 
curve at
>50 (which, in this particular car COULD be done in dry conditions) but 
since
>it was wet, the back end came loose and sent the car into a one-foot 
tall
>curb.  Ripped the right front suspension off the car, demollished the 
right
>front fender, bent the right rear of the axle beam under the car and 
actually
>creased the body right above the right rear wheel well because of the 
way it
>bent the frame.  I am highly upset about this...although I am not 
pissed, it
>takes a LOT to piss me off.  My friend has since purchased the car from 
me,
>and I have forgiven him.  But, needless to say, I will never loan 
another car
>to anybody again, except my girlfriend.
>
>Sorry about all of this waisted bandwith, I just needed to vent.
>
>Tim Smiley
>
>'90 Corrado G60 (bone stock)
>'84 Wolfsburg Edition Scirocco (RIP)

Your friend is lucky to have you as a friend - I'm not so sure I would 
be so forgiving . . .

My heart aches for ya.

Mark Peele
1981 Scirocco S
1982 Scirocco
1987 Golf GT
http://home.t-online.de/home/Scirocco2/mark.htm


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