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Re: Corrado Question & Lotus Glee



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>From: jonas miller <sjmill@erols.com>
>To: thescirocco@juno.com
>CC: nisaac@home.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Corrado Question & Lotus Glee
>Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 01:31:53 -0400
>
>see leave it up to the mk1 guys to think they are better than us...they
>are just delerious....lost childern wander to the ligth soon you will be
>saved...hahahahaha
>jonas
>
>thescirocco@juno.com wrote:
> >
> > Well at least the designer is the same, re: Scirocco content. 8^)
> > Nice car.
> > Are you going to add the self-ejecting seat or the self-destruct option?
> >
> > As far as the Corrado goes, the SLC is the one, VR6.
> > If you can find an SLC without a sunroof, jump on it.
> > I've never seen one, but I have heard a lot of problems with Corrado
> > sunroofs.
> >
> > What the 16V did for the Scirocco 2, the VR6 did for the Corrado.
> >
> > You will probably pay twice as much, around $10K, but it will be worth
> > it.
> >
> > Who remembers reading about the new Scirocco back in the mid eighties,
> > and then when it came, Volkswagen denied it's heritage and denounced the
> > Scirocco name and named it the Corrado. ARGHHH!
> > I still remember the commercials, dropping a mint beetle from a
> > helicopter, while a Corrado tears through the mountainous landscape. If 
>I
> > was in control of that commercial, the beetle would be driving down the
> > road, and the Corrado would pass it at a 150MPH.
> > Or passing a chronological Volkswagen convoy, starting with the mint
> > Beetle and ending with the Scirocco 16V.
> >
> > As far as I am concerned, the Scirocco II was a mistake, they should 
>have
> > kept the Mk.1 until '88 and then Volkswagen should have introduced the
> > new Scirocco based on the A2 platform, a true Scirocco II, the Corrado.
> > When Volkswagen extended the trunk on the Scirocco II, they adversely
> > affected the handling of the best handling front wheel drive car ever
> > made.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 21:08:46 -0700 Nick Isaac <nisaac@home.com> writes:
> > >       I need to start by sharing the new joy in my life. A 1987
> > > Lotus Turbo Esprit. This thing goes like a bat out of hell, looking
> > great the
> > > whole while. After a year of searching for the right example of this,
> > my
> > > greatest automotive desire, I finally found a perfect one. For
> > > 15,500 $US, I've got a supercar. I know its a lot of money, and my 
>bank
> >
> > > doesn't want to be friends anymore, but dammit I'm glad I bought it.
> > Its
> > > such a blast to drive. I plan to keep my ever-faithful Scirocco 
>though,
> >
> > > because as far as I'm concerned, there are no substitutes. Now that
> > I've
> > > finished sharing, a question. My friend want to buy a Corrado, and
> > > he would like to know if the G60 is a better performer than the VR6 
>and
> >
> > > any other information to make him a more savvy shopper.
> > >
> > > Thankyou
> > >
> >
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Chris DeLong
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'80 16V Rag
'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
'82 GLI
'80 'Vert
'61 17 Window
'78 Scirocco


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