How I got home this afternoon...

[amalventano1 at tds.net (Allyn)]

> http://validpath.com/images/scirocco/rig.JPG
why does it look like that timing belt is missing a big ol' chunk?
when i first looked at it i was like 'oh shit, yup, thats a problem'. i can 
only guess its a shadow.
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Toomasson" <area53@validpath.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:07 AM
Subject: How I got home this afternoon...


> Two hours before my son's first birthday party, expecting 50+ people 
> (including lil'uns), my Scirocco decides to remind me that it shall not be 
> neglected.
>
> Let me know what you find wrong with this picture:
>
> http://validpath.com/images/scirocco/rig.JPG
>
> Had to take it to the grocery store 5-ish miles away (though through high 
> traffic areas) to get the cake and ice because my Mom decided it would be 
> a good idea to park where it would block the driveway. Rather than move 
> her Camry, I decided that I would give the old beast a workout given the 
> fact that I would have to drive it all this week because my mother-in-law 
> will be using my wife's car and wife gets the M5...
>
> Four blocks from the store, the battery light comes on and the voltmeter 
> starts dropping. "Not now, please??!" I say. Though I seemed mired in 
> traffic, I managed to get to the store parking lot and found that my 
> alternator tensioner bolt to the cylinder head SHEARED off. Begged one of 
> the clerks to give me a coat hanger so I could MacGuyver it and 
> thankfully, I made it home with the cake and 5 bags of ice....why of all 
> times does this car pick this one to make me sweat it out?? So, guess what 
> I'm doing tomorrow??  :)
>
> Another, prettier, roc shot for the day:
>
> http://validpath.com/images/scirocco/triroc.JPG
>
> I love these cars why, again??  :)
>
> L8R, JT
>
>
>
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