Re: Went to look at a white 16v....

[Jan Folkson <jfolkson@optonline.net>]

When I was looking for a winter 16V I came across a white '88 in New Jersey
with 130,000 miles for $2,600.  I figured for 26 hun the car would be in
good shape.  The guy drove it to Long Island dealership that I use
regularly.  He shows up about 2 hours late and this car was in such bad
shape that I wanted to shake this guy.  The driver's door had a rust hole in
it that you could stick your fist through.  There wasn't a single
unrusted/undented panel on the car.  The best was when he opened the hood
and there was some sort of nest in there.  Without even putting the car up
on a lift we figured that it needed $2,000 worth of work easy.  I offered
the guy $700.  He said he would go down to $1,200.  I said "See Ya".

It's getting impossible to find any rocs in decent condition anymore.
Everyday I glance at the classifieds here in New York hoping to come across
one that I can post to the list.

Sorry, just venting.

- Jan Folkson   
    
'86 16V            
'99 Passat 1.8T  
'00 Beetle GLX 1.8T
 

> From: Wojciech Galecki <galecki@umr.edu>
> Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 15:37:19 -0600
> To: scirocco-L@scirocco.org
> Subject: Went to look at a white 16v....
> 
> 
> Well, finally, after searching for a year+, I came across an ad for
> an '88 white 16v with 79k miles and the asking price was only $900. I knew
> from the price that I should expect a few things wrong...
> 
> What can I say except, when you show up to the seller's place and
> the car has its engine running already, run away. This 16v was abused.
> Several large dents, rough engine, crack on A-pillar, pigged out interior,
> no radio, etc. The places where the bodykit had started to come off,
> someone took regular dry wall screws and shot them into the arches and
> underlying bodywork (God forbid he use some kind of, I don't know, GLUE)!!
> I'd like to find the shithead that did this and shoot several hundred
> screws in his ass. The seller was really proud of the fog lights he wired
> up (without a switch, I might ad, so if the ignition is on, the fogs are
> on). I could go on, but what's the point?
> It made me so sad to see my dream car (white 16v mkII) in such a
> poor state. I'll continue looking but I probably won't come across a white
> 16v for a good time, if ever. If any listers know of any nice, white 16v
> mkIIs FS in the midwest (Seattle is too far away), preferably in Missouri,
> please let me know...
> 
> 
> just venting,
> 
> ___Wojciech Galecki___
> '84 8v Scirocco    Way nicer than a beat up white 16v
> 
> 
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