My life with my Scirocco so far

[scirocco at vintagewatercooleds.com (Eric S)]

Sorry if this sounds harsh..buuut:

You bought a thousand dollar car, that is 17 years old.  Stuff breaks. 
Just keep in mind, that you will spend 1/10th the amount in a year keeping
this car running and driving, than if you had car payments on a new car.

Eric

T0mmylee182@aol.com said:
>  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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-- 
Eric
www.vintagewatercooleds.com

79 VW Iltis
81 Rabbit Truck 2.0 16v
81 Scirocco S (TDI Swap project)
90 Corrado TDI
91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow swap project)