Of the breed

["Jorel Jackson" <kondor77@hotmail.com>]

>I echo and applaud your statements.  Sometimes, however, you do find a 
diamond
>in the rough.  My 87 16v cost me just under $3000.  I drove to PA 
(twice, once
>to look at it and once to drive it home, I live in Michigan).  I 
remember my
>fiance telling me, as we were approaching the location, "Don't act 
emotional.
>Just act cool and cold."  Then when she saw the car, exclaimed, "Oh my 
God!
>There it is!  Look at that thing!"  It was in pretty much mint 
condition.  I
>have since invested a bit of $$$ on performance and athstetic mods, but 
did
>manage to save a bunch by buying good used parts.  It is irritating 
when the
>car 'acts up', and I know others (who just don't understand) are 
secretly
>saying "Why?"  But the fact of the matter is, we buy these cars because 
we
>love every aspect about them: driving them, working on them, improving 
them,
>and of course, the looks we get while driving them.  We are willing to 
put up
>with a little inconvenience because we love these cars so much.  It 
makes it
>all worth it when driving along, you get all sorts of looks and 
glances.
>
>Scirocco owners are a different and unique breed.  No one quite 
understands
>us, except, of course, ourselves and our brethren.
>
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Damn straight. Same problem here. Four sciroccos and people shake their 
heads when they think I'm not looking. Every time I pass one of those 
increasingly rare Sciroccos, the other driver looks over at me and gives 
me the thumbs up.

Jorel Jackson

'77, '79, '84 and '85 Sciroccos!

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