My life with my Scirocco so far

[matthew.kogan at sbcglobal.net (Matthew Kogan)]

I picked up a 76 Rocco that needs/needed considerable work and it sounds like it runs better than what your seeing, NOT MUCH better, I have to rebuild the Distributor and some other stuff, but it is 28 years old after all.
 
I think the best thing to do is like your MOM said and find a NEW GARAGE or better yet learn to work on it yourself.  If the shop just changed belts, it should have been only 40-50 Labor + 15 dollar belt.  The shift linkage should have gotten new parts, $85 bucks including a short shift Kit and about 15 minutes of adjustment.  There are some specific dimensions to set the linkage at to make it work right.  I screwed mine up cause I didn't have the dimensions, but once I got them it was only 15 minutes to fix.
 
Don't get depressed, either learn to do the simple stuff yourself or find a better shop.  Not sure how far you are from this place  http://www.redshiftmotorsports.com/  they don't specialize in VW, but I know the owner and he is very Meticulous.  If he's close and you go and talk with Chris, tell him Matthew Kogan sent you.
 
Good Luck,
 
Matthew Kogan
had 89 Jetta GL, RIP  :-(
New owner of 76 Rocco!!!


T0mmylee182@aol.com wrote:
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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