Re: Weekend Bay Area Cruise - Lone Wolf Style

[Craig Moore <rosco_67@yahoo.com>]

Damn, Scirocco's and the people who drive them are too cool.




---Zach Vrooman <zach@discover-net.net> wrote:
>
> My job requires working Saturdays. This leaves me with the previous
Monday
> off. Many times last summer and fall, I'd go out to work on the
'rocc, but,
> evil vixen that she is, we'd end up on the road, with no destination
in
> mind, and all day to get there. Nothing gets the daily bullshit out
of your
> mind quicker than rollin' with the sunroof open, wind blowing
through the
> hair(or what's left of it, as the case may be) and good tunes crankin'
> through the stereo. Unfortunately, where I'm at (northern WI) it's
too damn
> cold yet. I am eagerly awaiting spring, and the warmth it brings. My
'rocc
> is too. I can feel it.  Cruising with friends is cool, but you gotta
run
> solo sometimes. It's good for what ails you. Sorry for the rambling.
> 
> Zach
> 
> http://www.discover-net.net/~zach/index.html
> 
> 
> ----------
> > From: T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>
> > To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: Weekend Bay Area Cruise - Lone Wolf Style
> > Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 1:37 PM
> > 
> > 
> > We are such different people, these listmembers of mine, Yet there
is a
> > thread of life that runs though us all that we might share this
common
> > taste, this wonderment with a thing that we find worth experiencing.
> > 
> > 
> > Just this last weekend was the 3rd Sat. of the month, a good and
proper
> > time to coagulate with the members of the A1 Scirocco Club, a
member I
> > count myself one of, however peripheral. 
> > 
> > Sunday though, was an impromptu Come on Out and Cruise with the
> > brotherhood meet, So I postponed Sat until Sun with the knowledge
it was
> > to start at ND in Santa Clara by the airport, and include a run up
> > Highway 9.
> > 
> > For those of you who aren't familiar with the San Fran Bay Area,
we are
> > hours within reach of almost any climate you might imagine- people
have
> > gotten blasé' about being able to Surf and Ski within the same day.
> > 
> > If any and all who have a chance to drive though my part of the
world,
> > let me know when you are around, I will be available to join on a
drive
> > though the Bay. You spec the time frame, I'll generate some fun
times. 
> > 
> > On this particular day, Up on Skyline Blvd., the old road that leads
> > from Santa Cruz to San Francisco, are lots of twisty roads that
run up
> > under the trees, and it was looking to be an enjoyable get
together with
> > some far flung Buds, to twist some drivies and knock back one or two
> > suddly ones.
> > 
> > Doh! Battery rundown on Sat eve means Sunday afternoon won't find
the
> > starter turning. Crap! My brother's out of town, and no ones
around, so
> > I'm late to the rondevouse.
> > 
> > Rats! they're all gone, as I break out the map and plot me a
course, up
> > to Highway 9 and Skyline by way of Saratoga, a sleepy little
hillside
> > burg full of old timers & people with enough money to escape to the
> > hills.
> > 
> > My car is an '81 silver Scirocco. Courtesy of the previous owner I
have
> > large sway bars, stiff but worn shocks and struts, shock mounts
that I
> > don't like to think about as they clunk and bang, and springs of
> > undetermined origin. The rims are 13 inchers with 205/60 series
rubber
> > and two different brands of rubber on the front and the back. One
pair
> > of the set is a part of the Falken lineup. When it rains I slip and
> > slide, when its dry they sing before slipping. So many things that
need
> > fixing, so many upgrades to perform.
> > 
> > On this- the "any given Sunday", I found myself and my car, all
tired
> > and worn as it was, in a wonderland of turns and corners, uneven
> > pavement and semi patched potholes, Lovin it and Digg'n it.
a'Wonderful,
> > a'marvelous. With no one to follow and no one to lead, I was free to
> > follow my Muse, to paint my own trial.
> > 
> > Up, down, in and around, even past an 'other the way going' police
> > cruiser as I chirped the tires. Heh, heh. The roads were
treacherous in
> > spots due to recent rains, bicyclist in other spots posed
obstacles to
> > my aging paint job and future status as a 'not to be a felon
guilty of
> > manslaughter' type driver.
> > 
> > By the time a short hour and a half was over, I was back in
> > civilization, surrounded by the familiar and somehow not all
charged up,
> > no longer brimming with adrenaline. 
> > 
> > 
> > Drive it in the county, tonic to your nerves. Good for what ails ya.
> > Balm to your soul.
> > 
> > If you don't drive Scirocco, you wouldn't understand. Don't bother
> > asking unless you want to know.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Peace be with you and yours,
> > TBerk
> > 
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==
Craig Moore
87 Scirocco 8v
96 Tacoma 4x4


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