Finally running

[flaatr at yahoo.com (Euroroc II)]

Congrats and welcome to the club!!!

Twice the number of valves equals twice the amount of fun!!!

-Raffi

Oh and twice as much money to fix, twice as many headaches, you get the 
picture.

At 12:48 PM 9/15/2003 -0400, Dan Bubb wrote:
>Today after 1 year, 1 month, and 12 days of effort and more money than I 
>want to admit the POS 16V Scirocco I bought will finally be licensed and 
>road worthy. It didn't seem so bad when I bought it, but I was soon to learn.
>There was no repair done to this car that didn't take 3 times the effort I 
>would have spent on my 84.
>Out of the two engines I bought in the deal I just barely had enough parts 
>to make a running one.
>The tranny was grinding alittle going into 3rd and 4th. Simple fix? Nope. 
>The R & P had broken teeth.
>Brakes? Replaced everything but the front calipers.
>I could go on.
>Cathy calls her car the Headache, I call this car the Nightmare!
>It's still pathetic compared to my 84 but it's roadworthy and I'm going to 
>drive the wee out of it.
>The good news?
>I now have a 16V so my nose is almost as high in the air as Larry's!
>Dan
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