Re: Test Drive 5

[Kevin Collins <kevinc@flashcom.net>]

Shawn C Meze wrote:
 
> Besides all that, my post was only an attempt to get a reply (For which
> he failed miserably) out of the owner of the WAS[ 2.0L 16V] IS [1.7L 8V
> Scirocco with leaking valve stem seals.] Mr. Kevin Collins.

I was laughing so hard at your message I couldn't reply and just deleted it
and moved on...

I got the car back from Mike today.  Took it over to local tire place to
get it aligned, dude comes in and grunts at me that it pulls to the right,
he's already swapped the front tires so they ain't the problem, and that
there is nothing he can do to correct it - he'll just set it to proper
spec and then I gotta live with it.  He has no idea why it might be doing 
this.

Shee-it, I drive outta there, and other than the fact that the steering
wheel is way off-center (which I specifically asked him to make SURE would
not be the case) it doesn't pull either way at all.  It does feel kinda
squirrelly, like it has about 60 psi in the tires or something (which I'm
sure it doesn't), other than that it feels great - which it should considering
that virtually EVERY single wear item in the suspension has now been replaced
in the last 3 months.  Runs a helluva lot better too since Mike replaced
the plugs and pulled the flaky TT fuel enrichment module.

Now I'm just waiting for the TT exhaust to show up, then hopefully I'll
be done with it for a while.. oops gotta buy tires too (SP8k's), shit
there goes another $400!

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Kevin Collins
Huntington Beach, CA
'86.5 Scirocco 16V 2.0
'97 GTI VR6

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