My life with my Scirocco so far

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

Me too, and I get major discount...

BUT, I am picky, and always improving things...

Love relationships are often tedious/expensive at times.  However, the times 
that things go well make it all worth while...  If not, then perhaps the 
love/hate quotient is too high...

David 
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David Utley
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Cable Volkswagen
405-470-3129
1-800-522-6793


Quoting Euroroc II <flaatr@yahoo.com>:

> 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
> >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)
> >
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