RE: Rocket Science

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

hehehe. No offese taken. Hey, if I can put up with the crap my friends gave
me over my little "clown car" I can take anything!

For $150, it was a great first car tho.

Neal (sniffles as he remembers the good 'ol days...)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Deede [mailto:rdeed@UDel.Edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 11:09 PM
> To: Neal Tovsen
> Subject: RE: Rocket Science
>
>
> Sorry bud, didn't mean much by it.  It was kind of the first car to pop in
> my head.
>
>
>
>
> Rich Deede
> University Of Delaware (Communications)
> 1987 Scirocco 16v
>
>
>
> On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Neal Tovsen wrote:
>
> > A-HEM! EXCUSE ME???
> >
> > Puh-lease don't confuse the Fiesta with the Festiva!!! My first
> car was a
> > Fiesta. It rocked. Didn't have much power (65hp?), but when its
> so light 5
> > people can lift it without a problem, how much HP do you need? I used to
> > pass 4x4's on the highway in the snow...always wanted to keep it and
> > ralley-race it. Made in Germany from something like 77-82.
> Someone told me
> > once that Ford contracted with VW to build them. I can't
> substantiate this
> > but a friend and I did spend some time comparing Chiltons
> manuals with a Mk1
> > Rabbit...they were *awfully* similar.
> >
> > I had friends with Festivas. Built in Korea by Kia in the late
> 80's. They
> > suck...not much fun to drive at all, though they weren't
> unreliable. I had
> > one hacker friend that managed to dent _every_ body panel on it
> in about a
> > dozen separate accidents, including the roof (his friend helped
> him roll it
> > back over and they drove away), and it just kept running.
> >
> > Anyway, I just couldn't let someone make fun of my first love...
> >
> > Neal
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Majordomo [mailto:majord@neubayern.net]On Behalf Of Shawn C Meze
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 6:25 PM
> > > To: rdeed@UDel.Edu
> > > Cc: scirocco-L@scirocco.org
> > > Subject: Re: Rocket Science
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:53:21 -0500 (EST) Rich Deede <rdeed@UDel.Edu>
> > > writes:
> > >
> > > >Yeah, actually.  After much consideration, Mr.Meze finally decided to
> > > sell
> > > >his rocco and get that Ford Festiva that he had always
> dreamed about.  I
> > > >think he's gonna auto-x it next year, ...right Shawn?
> > >
> > >
> > > Absolutely! Im selling it ASAP! Got my eye on a tan 78 Festiva (auto)
> > > that will make a bitchen autoxer! Gonna spank some butt at next years
> > > Nationals!!
> > >
> > >
> > >               Shawn Meze
> > > 86' Jetta GLi           82' Scirocco GTi
> > > The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
> > > best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
> > > http://www.Geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1308/index.htm
> > >
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