Beached my winter beater Mk1 - how high do those $195 coiloversgo?

[mardak at cogeco.ca (Mark)]

Trust me, I'd be the last one to "wreck" a good Mk1 by driving one in
this climate.  BUT this car is WAY too far gone to be anything other
than a winter beater.  There is quite a bit of rot underneath, not to
mention the  nasty inner fenderwell repair I had to do last summer -
needless to say this car is quite "disposable"...  I hope to get another
3 winters out of it though...

Besides, I refuse to drive anything other than a Scirocco.  :)

Mark.
80 S
81 S  2.0 ABA/JH/4K - winter beater extraordinaire!
75





> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony Pelletier [mailto:vwnuts@yahoo.com]
> Sent: January 27, 2004 4:18 PM
> To: Mark; Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Beached my winter beater Mk1 - how high do those $195
> coilovers go?
> 
> Becareful with those MKI's they are rare and unique
> cars, I'd hate to see one wrecked...  The really
> aren't meant for winter beaters.   Use something
> disposable like a rabbit or golf.  J/k...  I took my
> friends mkI 16v for a ride the other day.  Made me
> remember why I like my MKI so much.  I haven't driven
> it in 2 years now.  I guess I'll have to drive it
> more..
> 
> Tony
> 
> bunch of roccos that I don't drive enough.
> 
> --- Mark <mardak@cogeco.ca> wrote:
> > Well I finally had to admit defeat last night.  It
> > was snowing like a
> > mofo, so I decided to take another 2am "sideways"
> > tour of the Niagara
> > region.  The roads were PERFECT - I was having a
> > blast, until I decided
> > to go down some country roads to get to my favorite
> > "S" bends.  I came
> > up over a crest of a hill a bit too fast to slow
> > down for a huge drift
> > across the road.  All four wheels lifted off the
> > ground and it pulled me
> > to the side into the snowbank.  Even with my trusty
> > Michelin snows I
> > couldn't unbeach myself...  Damn... Well after about
> > 5 minutes of
> > rocking back and forth, a light came on in a farm
> > house nearby.  Good
> > thing for that obnoxiously loud exhaust!!!  He came
> > out with his truck
> > and offered to push me out...  After spraying him
> > with snow from my
> > spinning front wheels and a few pushes later I was
> > free...
> >
> > So, lessons learned:  I need more ground clearance,
> > and farmers are some
> > of the friendliest people I've ever met...  How high
> > do those cheapy
> > $195 coilovers raise the car at the highest
> > position?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mark.
> > 80 S
> > 81 S  2.0 ABA/JH/4K - but it ain't no 4X4
> > 75
> >
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