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the East Coast mystery tour report (long)
Hey no problem, glad you liked the ride. I would have
hit it a little harder, but wasn't sure if you wanted
more. You were recovering from being ill & I didn't
want motion sickness to kick in. The MKI's waiting for
funds to have the same set up intsalled. I just need
to liquidate the 16v. Anyone in the market for a
turbo 16v?
Actually the reason most of my cars are black is
actually because of the law -err avoiding it... Black
seems to hide better than red..
Glad you enjoyed you vacation despite the crappy
weather we've been having lately.
Tony
--- C Boyko <roccit_53@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I didn't give you the report from the "East Coast
> mystery tour" yet, and boy
> did I bug the Rocco folks! We headed out for a race
> in Montreal, which was
> rained out , but I did manage to chat with Marc L.
> for a while before we
> left. I didn't get to see his car ( A Slegato...),
> due to typical A1
> reasons, but it sounds nice, and I'm sure I'll drop
> by next year again. Then
> off to Vermont, across what has to be the worst
> border crossing known to
> man. We did shave an hour off last year's wait, it
> only took an hour or so
> in line this year. That was the cooling sytsem
> torture test. All fine.
>
> ONce in Vermont, phone wierdness delayed my visit
> with Sara Arms, and her
> delightful Bunny. I did get to see the calender
> preview, and the cars are
> nice. It was great to see you again Sara, we have to
> get together more.
>
> Then off to Maine.This was the high point of the
> trip, two listers to
> visit...unfortunately my body had other ideas after
> a suspect crab roll
> (food poisoning maybe?). I struggled down to see
> John Lagnese, but was not
> feeling that great, so went back to my cousiin's and
> crashed. It's always
> nice to find a place by the cars, John has the
> typical selection of used
> Jettas in the drive, (so you don't really need to
> check the house number)
> accented by a nice black 16V Rocco. Considering
> everything, it was a good
> visit. And I love to see Roccos...
> After my rest, it was off to AUburn. I was feeling
> somewhat better by this
> point, and Tony P. really helped lift my spirits
> when he took me for a drive
> in his turbo 16V. (hehe) I think he laid off a bit,
> not wanting to scare me
> on the cold humid road surface, but that car was
> amazing. The only problem I
> could see would be keeping tires on it. I don't have
> the skills or the cash,
> but maybe someday...It really was the high point of
> the trip. He had the MkI
> hidden under a tarp, but I'd seen it before, so the
> fantasies continued,
> it's so gorgeous, both cars his are black too, must
> be the law in Miane or
> something.
> I did spend some time talking cars with my cousin
> (Wayne, in Maine, when I
> was in pain, in the rain- somebody stop me), though
> he's lusting after an
> early 70's Cutlass convertible at the moment. I
> share his passion, but
> certainly not his chassis of choice. He's an ex MkI
> owner too, he should
> know better. He did take me for a ride in the A6
> though. Too posh for this
> gal.
> Then off to Cape Cod, to my uncle's. Here, due to
> the dull weather, I spent
> time doing small jobs. The Beetle got new
> headlights, and a tire rotation,
> and the sunroof now rolls back on my headache, but
> still needs some
> adjusting. I got some small wiring jobs done, and
> had noticed the car had
> been following every groove in the road, so checked
> the wheels for undue
> movement, and lo and behold, the passenger's wheel
> moved fore and aft about
> 1/2" (that's 1 cm for you metric folks) so to went
> to Sears for a ball joint
> and inner tie rod end. I will say they did a good
> job, and quickly too. I
> had asked them for a firm price, none of the "we ran
> into a problem" crap,
> and they assured me it was a firm price. So I get
> home and there's a message
> on the machine. The had forgotten to include the
> labour for the tie
> rod....so I dial the number, ready for a big "hair
> up", and the guy says
> he'd already talked to the manager and waived the
> increase. WOW! I was in
> shock, but that's the way it should be. Needless to
> say the car tracks
> better now.
> The last mission was to pick up parts in Sandwich,
> at Josh Wyte's place. We
> had a good visit too, he took me for a ride in his
> Mmmmmm3, I am such a
> softie for yummy sounding engines, that car had gobs
> of power, and handled
> superbly. On the way home, just to see if I still
> loved her, the headache
> blew out the fuse holders on the DS headlights. So
> more minor repairs, and
> we headed home.
> It was great to see so many wonderful people and so
> many great cars, all
> different, all fantastic.
>
> My car turned 300 000 on the Waterfest trip, now it'
> got 4000 more on it.
> Yep, I do drive it. And I'm off to North Bay today.
> See ya...
> cathy
>
>
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