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Ever dream about Sciroccos?
I had 2 or 3 Cincy/Scirocco related dreams last year right after I got
home from my first Cincy.
On 8/14/05, Jim Ruffi <sciroccos@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Well, it has been a tough week. I worked all week and played (drums) 5
> shows, two of which were outdoors in 95 degree/80 percent humidity weather,
> so I was shot when I hit the pillow last night.
>
> I usually don't dream or at least remember my dreams, but this one seemed to
> come right before I woke:
>
> I was in some VW facility in present-day Germany, perhaps an engineering
> shop and spotted a Scirocco. It was a MKII, sporting slightly rounded
> ground effects, along the lines of the BBS kit. It featured two-tone paint,
> with the body kit an off-white/tan pearl and the main body darkish brown
> metallic. The paint was shiny and I guess I assumed this was a leftover
> prototype of some sort. There were folks there, be they didn't mind my
> looking the car over. I can only remember starting at the rear - there was
> some sort of fitting, like a very small trailer hitch box receiver that
> caught my attention. I knelt down to take a closer look and found the
> fitting to be the end of some sort of reinforcing bar. It was then that I
> noticed the REAR DIFFERENTIAL!
>
> Actually, it was more like a transaxle, along the lines of a 924/944. It
> was then that I must've realized this was a prototype Scirocco Synchro! I
> got really excited, leapt to my feet to check the odometer, while
> simultaneously making an offer to the people in the shop to buy the unique
> and pristine car. The odo read 32,000 (km's, of course)....
>
> ...then I woke up. Bummer.
>
> This is consistent with every good dream I've had...I wake up before it gets
> really good.
>
> :-)
>
> Ever have one of these? I'd love to hear about it.
>
> Jim
>
>
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Mike
'86 red 16v (Red 5)