Re: Whats the deal with roccos in europe

["Andy Holmes" <scalainj@hotmail.com>]

In the UK - The Golf is king - The Scirocco is mainly driven (around my way) 
by ladies in the 40-50 age bracket and most people have no idea what they 
are. For example I had taken all the badges off(for some reason i cant 
remember) and a took it to a valeters and the guy their asked me what is 
was? He thought it was a Delorean (now i've only ever seen 4-5 of those (1 
in my road))and was quite surprised when i said it was a VW.

For those in the know - you can have a Golf Gti in a different body for 
about 1/3 the price but overall they are dismissed as a curiosity car for 
either enthusiasts or "hairdressers" and are not taken all that seriously.

Another thing - went we touring in France we did not see one other Scirocco 
and most French I spoke to had never seen one and weren't even sure that 
they had been sold in France!


Andy


>From: Jorel Jackson <jorel140@yahoo.com>
>To: volkswagen scirocco <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Whats the deal with roccos in europe
>Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 06:31:02 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>--- 16v Jason <jason@scirocco.org> wrote:
> > At 06:37 PM 3/1/01 , Dirk Schneider wrote:
> > >here in Germany,
> > >the Scirocco is mainly underestimated as a "poor
> > mans Porsche "
> > >and has not the best reputation, because the
> > drivers are
> > >considered as  young, stupid, low-educated working
> > class.
> > >
> > >In many of the reviews of car & motor magazines
> > like AMS,
> > >the Scirocco Mk2 was considered as a weak and
> > uninspired, boring car.
> > >
>
>It was intresting to talk about cars with my inlaws
>from Holland. When they came over for the wedding I
>wanted to talk to them about Scirccos. My father in
>law just said "nice cars." He knew what Sciroccos
>were, but it seemed no big deal. He was proabably
>being nice. My wife didn't even know what a Scirocco
>was. My mother in law talked about someone in the
>family who had a Scirocco which was abandoned for lack
>of tires. I'm really not sure what she was talking
>about here, but it makes Sciroccos sound cheap.
>
>Last spring when we decided to buy a new car, I tried
>to get her to the Volkswagen dealer. She put her foot
>down on that. She said everbody has VWs, meaning in
>Europe. She wanted somthing distinctly American. What
>she really wanted was a Jeep. I talked her out of
>that. Then she went for the Neons. My influance was
>felt briefly here in the form of a Neon R/T. That
>didn't work...we got the ES instead, and she drives
>that.
>
>The one car her father got excited about was a Chevy
>Nova he once had. When pressed for details, he could
>only say he loved the car, but it had one drawback
>having somthing to do with towing a gas station behind
>him. He didn't know what type of engine it had. It was
>his all time favorite car. I never get too excited
>about Novas, unless it is one of the old SS Novas.
>
>Different attitudes across the pond. From reading this
>thread, it looks like I got some things wrong.
>
>
>
>=====
>Jorel Jackson
>1987 16v & 1985 8v Sciroccos
>2000 Neon ES
>
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