RE: Need sugestions if I should repair my 84 or get a new car(long)

[Andrew Wong <mkii_84@yahoo.com>]

Here is my problem my Scirocco was probably in the
worst place a Scirocco could be.  Yonkers, NY near the
bronx where potholes have made car rough and By
looking at the interior which it looks decent the car
has been broken into if you look at the radio wires. 
The locks don't work.  So it lived a very hard life
and I want to make the most of it by making it like
orginal.  

THe reason my parents ate turing to Japenese cars is
b/c another family member of mine has never really had
problems with them execpt their Nissan Quest.  It all
start on our 93 VW Eurovan which when we had bought
new it had all sorts of problems and my parents could
put up with it with its high repair costs and the
engine was cramped.  They owned 4 other vw before that
and their Quantum and the EUrovan when they had the EV
have had the most problems.  The A1's they had were
pretty reliable.  
My dad had a 77 Scirocco until he gave it away when my
uncle(the one who gave my the Scirocco) when he came
to the US. in the mid 80s.  He told me it was his best
car.  My uncle had the car stolen in NY and later he
crashed it in the snow.  We also had a 83 Jetta which
was a great car then we sold it to the same uncle.  He
still has it.  They also had an 85 or 86 Scirocco 8v
for a year until the Quantum.
As you see they had numorus VWs but I guess they got
tired of the high repair costs and want me to get a
Jap car.
--- Aaron Ness <aaron@makuta.com> wrote:
> Another negative aspect of Hondas - have you ever
> worked on one?  A
> co-worker has an '86 Accord that ran out of water,
> so I took on the task of
> replacing the head gasket for him (turned out there
> were cracks in the head
> in 2 cylinders, so he has a rebuilt head too). 
> While they are noted for
> reliability, you would definitely miss the VW when
> something did break
> because they are very hard to work on.  Everything
> on the engine is in the
> way of everything else, so you can't get to
> anything.  The oil filter is
> under the intake manifold, so just to change the oil
> you have to put the car
> up and crawl all the way under the car.  You would
> definitely appreciate the
> VW after you worked on a Honda.
> 
> I agree with others who have responded that a
> well-kept VW is extremely
> reliable.  My Scirocco (which I bought for $300) was
> pretty reliable when I
> got it, even though it was fairly neglected over its
> life.  Now that I've
> put some time and effort into it (along with a
> little cash, much less than
> the $2k that you mentioned), it's incredibly
> reliable.  Before the weather
> gets too cold for my motorcycle, I'm going to get my
> JH motor swapped in,
> and although the car I pulled it from was terribly
> neglected, the engine is
> in incredible shape - compression is within 5 psi in
> all 4 cylinders, and it
> doesn't burn any oil or anything.  I had a similar
> experience with my
> Beetle - kind of shaky when I got it, but
> ultra-reliable once I got a handle
> on the mechanicals.
> 
> Keep the VW, and avoid the new car payments that, as
> someone mentioned, will
> never end.
> 
> Aaron
> '87 528e
> '82 Scirocco
> '70 Beetle
> '82 Kawasaki GPz550
> 
> 


=====
-Andrew 
1984 Black Scirocco(stock)
aw614.topcities.com/1984.htm

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