To sell or not to sell?

[Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com (Scirocco-Al)]

If I got an MR2 I'd want to find one of the first body styles with the
supercharger on it.  Then again I really need something with a resemblance
of a backseat.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian Els" <tiAn@usiw.net>
To: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@comcast.net>; "Scirocco-Al"
<scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: To sell or not to sell?


> If that's what you're after you can get better performance and reliability
> out of a Toyota MR2, and prolly pay less for it.
>
> Look at recent SCCA SoloII or ITA(?) results -- a normally aspirated MR2
is
> a hell of a car.
>
>
> Christian
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@comcast.net>
> To: "Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com>; "scirocco"
> <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Saturday, 27 April, 2002 21:27
> Subject: RE: To sell or not to sell?
>
>
> > Hey, if I was you, I'd go for the Porsche 914. You'll have yourself a
> > mid-engined sports car that doesn't cost an arm and a leg to maintain.
The
> > comradery in those circles is totally there, and you won't have to worry
> > about sourcing wacky parts (Volvo and Alfa). Yeah, the 914 has
> questionable
> > styling (which end is the front?), but the driving experience is
> > unbelievable. Try it; you'll like it.
> > --
> > Scott F. Williams
> > NJ Scirocco nut
> > '99 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS
> > Mazda 323 GTX turbo "assaulted" vehicle
> > Golf GTI 16v "rollycar"
> > ClubVAC: "Roads found. Drivers wanted."
> >
> > Check out our rally team's website!
> > http://www.usrallyteam.com
> >   -----Original Message-----
> >   From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Scirocco-Al
> >   Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 9:59 PM
> >   To: scirocco
> >   Subject: To sell or not to sell?
> >
> >
> >   OK,
> >       I'm playing with the idea of selling my scirocco and buying
> something
> > else.  My car is a dedicated auto-x cat that rarely sees any street use.
> On
> > Friday my wife and I had or second child and I really don't see myself
> > having time to drive or work on my car for the next few years.  It would
> > also be nice to have something I could get child seats into for a
weekend
> > drive.  My car has a 4 point hoop right now so that kinda rules that
out.
> > Adding the cost of race tires to the list make me think that I might
> really
> > sell it.
> >
> >   I think at this point I would rather have a clean, pretty and
fuctional
> > car in the garage as a plaything than a race car.  I raced my car all of
5
> > times last year and have never been really able to drive it like I used
to
> > after some medical problems I had a few years ago.
> >
> >   Some cars I'm thinking about as a replacement:
> >   16V Scirocco
> >   Alfa GTV6 (where to get parts?)
> >   Volvo P1800 (where to get parts and it 30+ years old)
> >   Porsche 944
> >   Porsce 914
> >
> >   I though about a G-60 Corrado but I had really bad experience with my
> SLC
> > and shudder to think about specific crap on a G-60 would cost.  I don't
> want
> > a 4 door as I already have a daily driver.
> >
> >   Any thoughts or suggestions on this?
> >
>
>