OT:Re: Cincy - Anyone heading out of or through the Chicago area?

[julie at menloparkrandd.com (julie@menloparkrandd.com)]

Ohhh... Ohhhh.
 I flew to OH to buy a car. Leaving the house at 2:30am. 2 flights later, made it to the airport for pick up. Made a mad dash to the OH DMV and waited in line for (god knows) how long. 5 minutes before closing, the guy behind the desk, took one look and said "No rotary public". Damn. The original seller never had the doc certified. She was the only one that could.
Drive to the car and fell in love. Moving the car realised that the axle was bad. Drive to town (wilmington) and found the RIGHT part!
Back to replace the axle and swap wheels (they were that bad) and pull ALL the carpet and interior due to the fact mice used the car as a condo....
Leave Sunday morning. Made it to the out skirts of Columbus and the Alt dies. Arrrggghhh. Calling the wonderful Daun, he and Brad drove to my rescue with an older 65 amp alt.
600+ miles later. Feet stuck to the tar on the floor, eyes watering from mouse piss, I turned on to my road at 1:30 am, 1/2 a mile from home. One quick squeel and all 3 belts blew!. Pulling into the drive venting steam. God what a trip. 
But she starts every day and gets me to and from work with out a problem!
We can continue this at Cincy! Yeee Haaa!

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Juven Macias [mailto:dubfanatic@gmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 08:09 PM
>To: julie@menloparkrandd.com
>Cc: 'John C. Worden', scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: OT:Re: Cincy - Anyone heading out of or through the Chicago area?
>
>LOL, ok my dear Juile, Ill raise YOU one blown headgasket on a trip
>from Birmingham Alabama to Chicago IL, or so I thought. I flew into
>Alabama from Chicago on a one way ticket to pick up a Scirocco. My
>flight was 2 hours of late getting off of the ground. I got there and
>picked up the car and about 20 miles outside of Birmingham at 2am, the
>headgasket popped. I had to get the car towed and buy two one way
>tickets back to Chicago on an hour notice(guess how much those
>costed!!) for myself and a buddy. I had to get the car delivered two
>weeks later and upon reciept, the headgasket blew a second time(long
>story!)
>
>Waiting... :-P
>
>-juven
>
>
>
>On 5/10/06, julie@menloparkrandd.com <julie@menloparkrandd.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Ok. I see you and raise you a trip:
>>
>> Cheyenne Wy to Upstate NY in a 1973 Mustang that couldn't go over 55 due to
>> imbalanced tires and deflating rear air shocks. The radio and cassette dies
>> 20 minutes in to the trip. Ohhh and my watch dies. I timed the trip by Odo
>> only.
>>
>> (Oh and I lied about pushing the rocc to Cincy both ways, up hill :)
>>
>> 5 days 4 nights in one of Fords finest :)
>>
>> Now lets get this thread over before Marc gets back from Alaska :)
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: John C. Worden [mailto:johncworden@verizon.net]
>> >Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 05:32 PM
>> >To: 'Juven Macias', julie@menloparkrandd.com
>> >Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> >Subject: Re: Cincy - Anyone heading out of or through the Chicago area?
>> >
>> >Oooo, guess he showed you Jules. That's it Juven, don't let them
>> >push you around-of course it's all in good fun.
>> >
>> >John
>> >
>> >At 03:01 PM 5/10/06, Juven Macias wrote:
>> >
>> >>Yes, Im aware of the distance. And I got my first rocco in '01, I dont
>> >>think I qualify as a newb. I wasnt really questioning whether I could
>> >>make it from here so much as wondering who else from the area was
>> >>going. Ive still got ya beat with driving my Corrado from Seattle to
>> >>Chicago then to New Jersey.
>> >>
>> >>;-)
>> >>
>> >>-Juven
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>On 5/10/06, julie@menloparkrandd.com <julie@menloparkrandd.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>Chicago? OMG. Cincy is in your back yard!
>> >>>
>> >>>(Sheesh, these newbies... I remember having to push my Rocc over the
>> >>>Adirondacks, up hill, both ways, in the snow. Ohhh and no shoes (needed
>> >>>those to back up the drum brakes. They are shoes on there after all :)
>> just
>> >>>to get to Cincy!)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>Ahhhh Mecca.....
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >>> >From: Juven Macias [mailto:dubfanatic@gmail.com]
>> >>> >Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 12:46 PM
>> >>> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> >>> >Subject: Cincy - Anyone heading out of or through the Chicago area?
>> >>> >
>> >>> >I was just wondering. Im on the fence about going but a mini-caravan
>> >>> >may sway me. Thanks!
>> >>> >
>> >>> >-Juven
>> >>> >
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