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

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

Norman,

 

I also couldn't follow the link, but it sounds pretty cool! Make sure everything is as advertised. I'm not a big fan of 15" wheels on 16v's, but that's just me. BBS RS's are some seriously nice wheels (don't they run like $350 a wheel or something?). I've never heard of a rear lower brace, so either Brad knows something I don't (entirely possible!!!) or there is no such thing and you don't have to worry about it.

 

I've also heard bad things about Tokico. Actually, I just talked to a guy last week who found a early 90's GTI (gawd...I'm starting to talk about a car from the 90's as an "old" car!!!) that had only 60,000 miles on it. The thing was absolutely immaculate! I've never seen a mostly-stock GTI that clean before. Anyway, it had Tokicos on it when he bought it, and switched them out for Bilsteins within the first week because he thought they rode so bad.

 

You didn't mention price, but if this car is everything it claims to be, they could be asking way more than the KBB on your old car, so be prepared to chip in if you want to buy it. My car was stock and very clean at $3000, so with all those mods they might ask for $5-7k if it's in really good shape, especially since euro lights/bumpers and those BBS wheels are worth a couple grand new by themselves.

 

Good luck! Send us pics of whatever you buy.

 

Neal

-----Original Message-----
From: Majordomo [mailto:majord@neubayern.net]On Behalf Of Brad Sterling
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 1:00 PM
To: Norman Tallant; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: New Scirocco Owner ... Now Not One ...

I've heard bad reports about Tokico's on VWs.  Longevity issues, ride quality suffering with dampening not being much better than stock. Someone once told me that they were shocks designed for Japanese cars that happen to fit VWs.  It probably will be fine since they're coming on the car, but I wouldn't look to upgrade to them.

As for the tranny, sounds like your old one had a fifth gear conversion.  Many people on the list have done/are doing this for the reasons you state (better gas mileage, lower cruising RPMs).  That one seems like a personal preference

I couldn't follow the link, but the car sounds pretty cool.  I'd *definitely* look at those records and the engine closely.  I might be showing my age or the fact that I just got off a crappy call with my boss, but judging from the mods you list, I would bet the car is owned by a 16-22 yr old guy who's trying to look cool as he hangs out with a group of pep boys cowboys that mostly drive Japanese cars.  That's not necessarily bad, just sounds like he was concentrating on looks more than performance since all the mods you list are in plain sight.  What's with the Neuspeed upper rear without the lower rear first?

My .02

-Brad
 

Norman Tallant wrote:

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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