My life with my Scirocco so far

[asbfooh at yahoo.com (A J)]

--- -DAN- <danws69@earthlink.net> wrote:
> All of the 'problems' you mentioned were easily
> fixable on your own for a
> fraction of the cost you've spent. The fact that
> these cars are so easily
> repairable is one of the plethora of reasons why
> they rule. You're on an
> e-mail list with the combined mechanical knowledge
> of the design team that
> built these cars. Want some real advice? Learn to do
> some of this stuff
> yourself. Those linkage bit are quite easy to
> diagnose and repair. $150 for
> a linkage alignment is a rip(off), imo.
> 
> I know, not everyone has either the
> ability/time/resources to do it
> properly, but my 'bad luck' with things breaking
> occasionally make me
> thankful I own a car I can repair so easily.
> 
> 
> .........
> And I'm not trying to break your balls, but I just
> feel you can't bitch if
> you never get your hands dirty on it. (These cars
> demand personal attention
> or they feel neglected and will break on you).
> .........
> 
> 
> 
> Dan Snow
> (2.5) '87 16v Sciroccos
> (1) '81 Rabbit Sportruck
> http://www.takkenband.com/
> http://home.earthlink.net/~danws69/index.html
> 
> "You can have my Scirocco when you pry it off of me
> with the Jaws of
> Life." - Mike Smith
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of
> T0mmylee182@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 23:45
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: My life with my Scirocco so far
> 
> 
>  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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