My life with my Scirocco so far

[flaatr at yahoo.com (Euroroc II)]

I couda made car payments for what I spent last year  ;-)

-Raffi


At 10:49 AM 1/7/2004, Eric S wrote:

>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
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>
>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)
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