RE: New Scirocco Owner ... Now Not One ...

["Neal Tovsen" <ntovsen@piper.hamline.edu>]

Man, some people have all the luck! I feel VERY sorry about your car. Talk
about bad karma.

>From what people have said on the list (if you followed Rich Deede's story
about his 16v, and others) you likely have a good fight ahead of you. DON'T
GIVE IN! Make sure that you get what your car was worth, or enough money to
fix it if possible. Be sure to remind them that they're supposed to be there
to help you, not vice-versa. We all know it's really the other way around,
but it's not supposed to be. Do your research and have numbers ready for
what it would cost you to replace everything. The more educated you are, the
better fight you'll put up.

I hope this doesn't end your VW/Scirocco experience.

Let us all know what happens. Good luck!

Neal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Majordomo [mailto:majord@neubayern.net]On Behalf Of Norman Tallant
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 1999 5:34 AM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: New Scirocco Owner ... Now Not One ...
>
>
> Hello!
>
> I began lurking on this list sometime in the middle of January of this
> year beacuse I was finally the proud owner of a Scirocco!  I'd never
> owned a VW before, and heck ... I'd never owned a performance vehicle
> before this beauty: a silver 87 16v, with sunroof, teardrops, Ottinger
> cam, lowered 1.5".  <-- (I know that they're called teardrops from
> reading the list!  Ha!)  It's a sweet car is exceedingly good condition.
>
> Anyways, on my way to work this morning I was headed toward the
> Dumbarton Bridge (those of you in the Bay Area will know what I'm
> talking about) I got broadsided by a Mercury something-or-other.  My car
> is trashed!
>
> We both have insurance, and it was his fault (thank god), but I'm
> worried about the future of my car.  I love this car, and am dreading to
> hear that they'll give me US $1000 as a settlement.
>
> I'm posting my first post at scirocco-l because I know at least some of
> you will feel my pain!
>
> I'm a 25 year old Solaris admin living in Fremont, CA.  I know
> absolutely nothing about fixing my car, and am learning about how cars
> work from my girlfriend.  She is so cool!  She worked at Chief Auto
> parts for some time before we met, and she was the one who put a new
> battery in my old truck, and replaced the headlights for me on my
> Scirocco.  Although I was the one who figured out that we needed to
> remove those long black plastic things from under the headlights to get
> them out! ;-)
>
> All the best,
> -Norm
>
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