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

[Norman Tallant <takhisis@ix.netcom.com>]

Hello again!

After 12 days now...the 'enemy' insurance company ( as opposed to
mine...the 'good guys') has FINALLY sent someone to look at my
Scirocco.  They say it's a total loss.  Although it's not cosmetically
TOO screwed up, the front drivers side wheel is bent pretty badly in two
wrong directions, so I think they might be correct.  Which sucks!  I
only got to drive it for two months!

In any case, they've told me that they're going to give me a cash
settlement, and I told them the kbb.com value of my car.  I hope I get
something close!  I'll know tomorrow or the next day I think.

I'm TOTALLY going to get another 16V.  Two months isn't long enough! :-)

I found this one online:

http://www.onlineauto.com/searchdetails.cfm?vin359371&sc=oa1

In case the link doesn't work, this is how it's described in the ad:

Year: 1988
Color: Flash Silver
Interior: Black
Miles: 10100
Features: A/C, Power steering, power locks, power windows, sunroof.
Description:  15x7 BBS RS 3-pc rims, Tokico shicks & springs, euro
bumpers/lights/grille, Alpine phone/CD player, JBL power amps, Momo
corse steering wheel/shift knob, Neuspeed upper front & rear brace,
super clean, no accidents, 2nd owner, all books and records.

Of course, I'm kind of picky.  I don't want just any 16V, it must be a
cool one!  I think that this one sounds cool....what do all of you
think?  Are Tokico shocks and springs good?  And is there anything I
should look out for in general?

Assuming that soon I'll be the owner of a kick-ass 16V, I pose a
question to all of you:
My old 16V had different gearing, according to the previous owner.  It
sure seemed like it cause the shift light came on at odd times, and if I
was cruising at ~80, I'd be running at about 3K-3100 RPM.  I got
incredible gas mileage as a result!  If this sounds familiar to anyone,
what do I need to buy to have this happen to my new 16V?

Thanks to Jonas, Neal, and another person (whose e-mail I accidentally
deleted) who replied to my first post!  And to the rest of you for being
cool!

I'll post what happens when it happens in this continuing saga....

All the best,
-Norm

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