Re: Scirocco, RS3, RS4, Mclaren F1 sightings

[Andy Holmes <sciroccoinj@yahoo.co.uk>]

Should have mentioned you were coming over.

I live in London and have a tidy 91 Scala that would
have been happy to do the Scirocco round!

Andy


 --- Randy B <sirocco@telocity.com> wrote: > He he he.
> Got your attention didn't I :)
> 
> Just got back from a week vacation in England (wish
> it was longer).
> When most people go on vacation, they take pictures
> of and are awed by the
> People, Scenery, etc....
> Not me....well not completely.
> I got great pictures of Stonehenge (that was friggin
> awesome), The British
> Museum (awesome also), Tower of London, London
> Bridge, Big Ben, Westminister
> Abby, most of the countryside (lots of OLD
> buildings).
> I also took a ride in the "London Eye", the worlds
> largest enclosed ferris
> wheel
> Rode around London in an open top double-decker bus
> in the rain without an
> umbrella (soaked and happy).
> Piloted my own 45' longboat through the locks and
> canals of England (Like
> trying to drive a Peterbuilt with a trailor through
> a McDonalds drive thru).
> Travelled 100's of miles on Englands trains,
> underground transit system (US
> could learn a lot from this), and buses.
> Took dozens of pic's of the Beautiful native girls
> :D
> 
> Ok on to the cars.....
> All I can say is England should be the poster to the
> world for fuel
> conservation and correct driving style (even though
> they drive on the wrong
> side of the road)
> Their system of round-abouts instead of traffic
> lights is also a stroke of
> genius, no traffic jams and makes for great
> cornering practice.
> The UK drivers are HANDS DOWN better than Americans
> as a whole (they are
> agressive, attentive and very skilled without being
> bullyish = NO road rage)
> 
> Saw 3 Mk2 Scirocco's while I was there, two 8V's and
> one that was silver
> with a black 16V bodykit (looked OEM).
> No Mk1 Scirocco anywhere to be seen, and only two A1
> Golfs. :(
> I was suprised to see an A3 Golf wagon (estate).
> Larger VW's (Golf, Jetta, etc...) were fairly rare
> but the Lupo and Polo
> were plentiful. (The Polo GTI was pretty cool
> looking with it center exit
> exhaust)
> 
> Also saw an RS4 pass the bus on the carriage way
> (yes, I am positive...saw
> the badge on the back).
> Took pic's of an S3, and saw (camera was in the bus)
> an RS3 (my first
> thought was WTF?, do these really exist...badge on
> the back looked
> authentic).
> The A3 and the TT were all over the place. They
> seemed very popular along
> with the Mazda MX-5 (miata).
> England was mostly populated by small (in the US we
> might call micro) cars
> from Peugeot, Citroen, Fiat, Skoda, Seat, and Ford
> Escort/Fiesta.
> 
> Saw a lot of Performance cars like:
> Lotus Esprit and the ultra cool looking Lotus Elise
> (I want one!!!!!!!!!)
> Aston Martin Vanquish and DB7
> Only one Ferrari, a RHD (right hand drive) Modena
> Mitsubishi Evo VI (WOW! they get those in England
> along with the Skyline
> GT-R)
> A few LHD Porsche 911
> 3 different TVR's (kinda like a British Corvette)
> 
> There were many Bizarre cars like:
> Mercedes A-class (looks like a ML that got smooshed
> in the F/R)
> Audi A2 (VERY bizarre, almost to the point of being
> very cool)
> Fiat Multipla (ummmm......hard to describe but
> incredibly weird)
> Ford Puma - Ok so this one is less weird and more
> "unique".
> An electric car called the "Smart" car (about a 1ft
> shorter than a Mk1
> Scirocco and 2ft taller).
> 
> Well 22 rolls of film and four 64mb vido cards later
> I'll have some pic's to
> post soon :)
> What a great trip....can't wait to go to Germany
> next year.
> 
> If you made it this far thanks for reading :^)
> 
> Cheers,
> Randy
> 81 Scirocco S "Cosmos"
> 81 Scirocco S "Mars"
> 87 Jetta GLI "Olga"
>  Audi RS3 "SEX on Wheels"  (if they ever import it,
> I'll rob a bank if I
> have to to buy it).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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=====
Andy Holmes

91 Scirocco Scala
83 Jetta 2.1 Xflow

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