Re: 8V's as opposed to 16V's

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>Dude, Really? 15 miles on the odo?!?!?! Wanna sell it?


>From: "Jay D. Bichanich" <jaybich@earthlink.net>
>To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: 8V's as opposed to 16V's
>Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 00:20:11 -0800
>
>Bought my 86.5 Scirocco 16V in August 1986 brand new from Felix Motors in
>Downtown LA.  Had 15 mi on the odometer.
>
>Production date (inside driver's door jamb) says 5/86.
>
>I remember seeing my first 16V Scirocco a few months before that at a
>dealership in Hawthorne.  They were asking about $2000 over sticker price
>because it was one of the first available for sale.  That would have been
>around May/June '86.
>
>I waited till late summer for mine.
>
>From European Car Magazine 4/87 'Scirocco 16V Buyer's Guide':
>
>Scirocco 16V US Sales figures:
>1986   3323
>1987   5225
>1988   3754
>1989    876  (leftover '88s)
>
>Jay Bichanich
>85.6 Scirocco 16V Red (original owner)
>
>Kevin Collins wrote:
>
> > Ewan Hopkins wrote:
> >
> > > It's actually more like mid-late '85 when they were introduced.  
>'Fraid I
> > > can't help you on the production figures.
> >
> > More like mid-'86.  Mine is <allegedly> the 4th 16V ever sold in 
>California,
> > and its build date is 5/86...
> >
> > --
> > Kevin Collins
> > '86.5 Scirocco 16V 2.0
> > '99 GTI GLX
> > http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Factory/1780
> >
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Chris DeLong
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'80 16V Rag
'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
'82 GLI
'80 'Vert
'61 17 Window
'78 Scirocco


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