Re: Sad scirocco story

["Owen" <mr.peepers@home.com>]

Yup, turns out it was.  Funny someone recognized my car from my webpage,
when i'm 2,000 kms away from home.

Owen
87 Scirocco 16v #38 CD-SS.
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1571


>so wuz it you who passed her
>jonas
>
>Owen wrote:
>>
>> I just got this message from someone who visited my website, almost made
me
>> cry :(
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: shawn flaherty <shawn@telisphere.com>
>> To: Owen <mr.peepers@home.com>
>> Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 7:30 PM
>> Subject: RE: Scirocco
>>
>> >Dear Owen,
>> >Thank you for writing back but it's too late to help but I have to tell
you
>> >what happened anyway.  About a year ago I came across your web site and
>> >loved your car.  I had my red 16v '88 Scirocco for over seven years and
it
>> >was my baby and I'm a girl, go figure!  Anyway we went up to Mount Baker
>> for
>> >my b-day in July and my timing belt went.  Granted no one told me about
>> >needing to replace it every so many miles because I would have.  I even
had
>> >an Excel spreadsheet on all work that had been completed to keep it
running
>> >in excellent condition.  Anyway I had to rent a U-Haul truck to tow it
home
>> >and I'd never driven a truck, only my little sports car so it was rough!
>> My
>> >daughter and I were white knuckled all the way down the mountain and
then
>> >when we were on I-5
>> >South bound out of Bellingham I could have swore that you drove right
past
>> >me.  I'm not sure if it hurt or helped to have the beautiful car pass me
by
>> >but at the time I think it helped.  So I got it to my trustworthy
mechanic
>> >all the way to Federal Way, WA. which is why I towed it all that way.
>> While
>> >it was at the mechanics shop on the waiting list to be fixed was when I
>> >wrote you.  Then a week later my mechanic calls to tell me that all the
>> >valves were bent and it would be spendy to fix and over the weekend
thieves
>> >had come into his lot and stripped my car.  They took the seats, ripped
the
>> >roof interior to get to the antenna, took the grill, I think even the
>> carpet
>> >and my heart was broken.  Knowing it would cost a great deal and after
much
>> >thought I had to walk away from a car I thought I would have forever.  I
>> got
>> >an insurance settlement and got a Honda Civic '97 HX.  It's nice and I'm
>> >learning to really shift down to try and get the power that I'm so used
to,
>> >'cause it sure aint there in fourth and fifth! but it has a V-tech
engine
>> >(not turbo) and it's reliable for me to road trip alone with my daughter
>> in.
>> >But I could'nt look at the Scirocco after it had been so trashed, my
>> >mechanic had to get the remaining things out for me.  So my last memory
is
>> a
>> >of good one of a sunny day, on my birthday cruisin down the mountain
>> >highway, music cranked, that beautiful hum of the engine- and then
silence.
>> >I will miss it always!  Anyway you don't have to write me back but I am
>> >curious, was it you that passed me, if you remember it? Take care. Shawn
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> Owen
>> 87 Scirocco 16v #38 CD-SS.
>> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1571
>>
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