Coming to the SF Bay Area? Plan Ahead.

[soltwede@privateI.com (Night Shadow)]

Dood!

Thanks a TON for picking me up and letting me crash there!  If you thought
my hair was bad...you should have smelled me when I finally pulled in at
2pm yesterday....even the flies wouldn't come close :-)

Truck ran great...slowest hill was going over the sierras at redline in
3rd, 40 mph....only one hill got me that slow...55 was min on the rest of
the hills and 70-75 running on the flat...not a bad trip, save for a dead
battery at 4:30 am yesterday at a rest stop in Wyoming...that battery he
put in was fuct...wont take a decent charge...the alt is good though I
found out.....

Pics to follow for those interested.

Eric


On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Randy B wrote:

> As I write this Eric is probably somewhere in the middle of Nevada in a snow
> storm.
> 
> I picked up Eric at SJ airport exactly on time...he called my cell phone as
> I was pulling into the gate :)
> Eric, or should I say Grizzly Adams (must be damn cold in Denver this time
> of year), and I went to ND where we met up with Tim.
> They BS'd about TDI's and hopping up diesels and then Tim showed us the new
> Jetex (sp?) exhaust he is offering for our cars. BTW Nice poster Tim!!!! 8^0
> (I will Definitely! be buying this system for Mars this summer...beautiful
> and looks to be very high quality).
> Eric and I then went to lunch and then to pick up the Caddy.
> Nice truck, only rust was in the bed and the truck was amazingly straight.
> He followed me the long trip (50mi.) to Craigs...Damn was it hard to stay in
> the right lane and keep under 80mph!!
> We did a once-over for the long trip and while changing tires F->R Craig and
> I started pretending to be Eric's pit crew except I almost started removing
> the lugnuts off the side of the truck Craig wasn't lifting  he he. (I think
> I will stay in my current career path)
> Eric, Dick, Craig, Dana, the spirit of Tosha, and I all had a great time
> shootin' the shit last night even though it was like FREEZING outside.
> 
> Eric left here about 9am with Brian's Autopower rollcage (dude you better
> instal it someday!!!!!) and the 2H w/.75-5th trans I sold him in the bed.
> Hey, it's a truck, would have been a shame to travel all the way back to
> Colorado empty-bedded.
> It was great having Eric out here, can't wait till Cincinati when I can
> crash at his pad.
> 
> Oh, I think Eric may have stuck something in the light socket last
> night....not exactly sure what, but his hair was standing straight up on end
> when he rolled off the couch in the morning......he he he.
> 
> Randy B
> "There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot be solved by
> brute strength and ignorance. --William's Law"
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig Williams" <roccolister@hotmail.com>
> To: "T Berk" <tberk@mindspring.com>; "Scirocco List"
> <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 9:10 AM
> Subject: Re: Coming to the SF Bay Area? Plan Ahead.
> 
> 
> > Well,
> >
> > I didn't miss it. Randy picked up Eric at the airport, and then they
> picked
> > up his Diesel Rabbit Truck and drove it up to my house. We did a quick
> check
> > of the vitals, adjusted his throttle cable, rotated the tires, cleaned the
> > windows and installed a new cd player so he'd have some tunes for the 20+
> > hour drive.
> >
> > Then we picked up another of my friends and headed out for some family
> style
> > Italian grub...and it was good. After that we all came back to my place
> and
> > shot the shit for a while out in the damn cold garage.
> >
> > If all is going as planned, Eric is driving home right now with a stop in
> > Sacramento for a delivery to Brian Honold...the first hauling opportunity
> > for Eric and his new truck :)
> >
> > -- Craig Williams
> > 1981 Scirocco S 2008cc 16V (As seen in 01-2001 Sport Compact Car) 15.114 @
> > 91 MPH
> > 1991 Passat Wagon 2.0 16V (For Wife & Son)
> > 2000 Saab Viggen (20 psi, Turbo charged monster)15.047 @ 94 MPH
> > Northern California, USA
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>
> > To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 1:49 AM
> > Subject: Coming to the SF Bay Area? Plan Ahead.
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Missed a dinner tonight w/ an out of town list member, missed the
> > > fabled S.D. to died in Canada Green Mk2, Getting tiered of missing
> > > out.
> > >
> > > We have wrecking yards here we take for granted, need a guide? Give me
> > > a holler. Better that the salty belt folks use getting a Mk1 fender as
> > > an excuse to vacation out West than it goes to the crusher.
> > >
> > > You can take Pix of SF, get an Irish Coffee from the place that says
> > > they introduced them and lots of other things.
> > >
> > > TBerk
> > > Dread Scott & and I are really Two Different People.
> > >
> > > Really.
> > >
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Eric
Northglenn, CO

76 Honda CB400F Super Sport
80 Scirocco (Parts car turned Daily Driver, mine)
81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration in progress)
84 Scirocco Automatic (SOLD)
91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
00 Golf GL TDI (Katy is driving this for now)

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