Re: All good things...

["Peterson/Doty" <bdoty@columbus.rr.com>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Damn...

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Chemidlin <spredhaus@hotmail.com>
To: <sfwilliams@home.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; <vw-power@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 12:37 AM
Subject: All good things...


> ...must come to an end.
>
> The uGLI has carved its final corner.
>
> Tonite, after night school, I hopped into the uGLi to go home. I let the
car
> warm up for a while cause it was FREEZING out. I pulled out of the parking
> lot, and got up to speed... but I didn't let the tires get hot (yoko
a-008R-
> old school road race tires). I also think the rear pressures were down,
> because when I went to turn a corner, the rear end snapped SO quickly and
SO
> violently around, I thought I got hit by another car.
> The uGLI was catapulted into a bridge support. The front end was moved
over
> a good 3" and the rear axle was bent under from the car landing hard on
the
> driver side. I thought it was going over, but luckly it didn't.
>
> It cannot be fixed.
>
> The silver lining is that almost none of the parts were damaged except the
> body. The rear wheel has a chip in it, but you could do more damage
rubbing
> a curb. The euro lights survived, minus one blinker. The suspension seems
> fine, just moved over. I'll have to check to be sure, tho. The motor is
> completely fine.
>
> I'll be my upper stress bar is toast, tho!  I'm pretty sure that's why the
> passenger side is pushed out so faar.
>
> So keep your eyes peeled for a cheap (free?) gti shell, or try to pick
some
> parts out that you'd want to buy. I'm in a weird situation right now
> $$$-wise, so who knows what the future brings for me...
>
> Peace.
>
>
>
> CHRIS CHEMIDLIN
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> 58 Type1 Ragtop
> 84 Jetta uGLi doorstop
>
>
>
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