My life with my Scirocco so far

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Just this... Welcome to the list. Every one of us knows what you have been 
through  :)

Its some thing with the cars. I pull up to a Honda at the light, look over 
and say to my self " I can take you in first gear." Not a good attitude but 
what the heck  :)

Form a relationship with your car. Listen to it and it will tell you things. 
(Sounds nuts I know, but no rocc has ever left me stranded...)  Get to know 
the sound of the engine, the way the wheel fits your hand. You'll be able to 
hear and feel the difference when things start to go wrong...

When it does, just send a mail and one of the listers has been there, done 
that! Have fun, safe driving!


Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v
Amsterdam NY





>From: T0mmylee182@aol.com
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: My life with my Scirocco so far
>Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 23:44:49 EST
>
>  Can anyone relate with my so far bad luck with my scirocco? I know the 
>owner
>of Project Scirocco from Eurotuner can...
>  I bought my '87 8v Scirocco for $995.00 and it was fine for 2 months, 
>then
>my alternator belts decided that they didn't want to work or keep my 
>battery
>charged anymore, so I paid $70 for a new battery and then $223 to get the
>alternator belts fixed my my friends at Hydrex in Emmaus, PA.  The same 
>week I get
>my car back, my new tires decided to slid through a stop sign into a metal
>guard rail only to result in a busted turn signal lense, which cost me $50 
>from
>Volkswagen and they told me that they only had 15 left in the COUNTRY!! 
>(can
>anyone prove this?? I don't think so...) The week after I get the lense put 
>back
>on, my linkage from my shifter pops off, I get it fixed my a friend, and 
>have
>my friends at Hydrex check it out, and they tell me everything is fine, 
>only
>for 2 days until the linkage pops off again!  I get it fixed at Hydrex, 
>only to
>take it back the same day because it wasn't fixed right, (3rd gear was 
>where
>1st was, 1st was in reverse, I don't think that there was a 2nd gear...) so
>about $150 later, my Scirocco is running great again, if the year was 1987, 
>my
>car would be practically brand new.  I realized that I can't be the only 
>one
>with Scirocco bad luck because when my ride was taking me home from work 
>while
>my car was in the shop, we passed a 16v Scirocco broken down on the side of 
>the
>road...here is a quote from my mom, "Get a new garage or get a new car!!"  
>I
>already said that if something else happens to it, I'm getting rid of it, 
>but
>I love it way to much!
>
>Anyone else have these problems??
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