Re: 1975 Scirocco on Trader Online

["The '84 Scirocco" <scirocco@macslut.org>]

Hmmm, says it was a "woman's car" in that ad.  No idea what I'm supposed to
gleam from that?  If that means its like my wife's car, then its a hell of a
mess, at least inside :-)

(dons flame retardant suit)

Greg

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Greg Coan
'84 Scirocco

scirocco@macslut.org

> From: "Neal Tovsen" <sixteen.volt@gte.net>
> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:15:53 -0600
> To: "Kenneth Folkman Jr." <mk1madness@hotmail.com>,    "Scirocco List"
> <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: RE: 1975 Scirocco on Trader Online
> 
> I was VERY serious about buying this car. The guy's name is August Arndt,
> and he seemed pretty nice, though I wouldn't take what he says at face
> value. I'm not saying that no one should buy the car, but I'll warn you that
> I definitely wouldn't pay the $1000 he's asking now.
> 
> He originally had it for sale at $1500. We tentatively agreed to a price of
> $1300, so I FedExed a check to my father from Madison, and he went to see
> it.
> 
> My father called me while there, and a rather hideous noise was coming from
> the background as they were trying to get it to run on all four cylinders.
> The car has a LOT of issues.
> 
> Without spending too much time in the details, the MAJOR problems are:
> 1) Engine has problems, especially electrical gremlins. All the hoses were
> bad and the radiator was steaming pretty bad. Car was running on 2/3
> cylinders, and my father thought it might be as simple as a plug wire, but
> not sure. The wiring under the dash was really messy...all hacked together.
> The radiator fan was on a manual switch, for example.
> 
> 2) The body probably needs a lot of work, if it isn't terminal. A weak
> magnet test revealed that there may be lots of Bondo under the paint. There
> is more rust than apparent from the pictures, too. My father found at least
> 3 distinct shades of green. Some of the overspray went almost all the way
> under the car.
> 
> 3) The interior isn't as good as it looks in the pictures. He told me that
> it was in really good shape. My father mentioned that it looked like the car
> had been in direct sun all it's life. Pretty much all the vinyl is shot, and
> despite being told that there were no cracks in the dash, there were several
> large ones. The horn, radio, and other controls appeared to be in the same
> condition as the rest of the wiring.
> 
> My father didn't take it for a drive, but August did mention that the front
> bearings are bad. I wonder what else is wrong in the rolling gear...
> 
> Needless to say, I was VERY disappointed. I could have lived with most of
> the issues, but I need a car that has a straight body. Like I said, he seems
> like a nice guy, but the car is just not as adveritsed. IMHO, either he
> isn't a VW addict like he claims (and therefore didn't know what he had) or
> he was deliberately deceptive.
> 
> YMMV, of course. He left a message the other day, saying that he was willing
> to negotiate more on the price. Considering the TraderOnline price is now at
> $1000, it's clear he now knows it isn't worth what he wanted, but I still
> don't think it's even worth dealing with...
> 
> Neal
> '88 16v
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Kenneth Folkman Jr.
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 1:58 PM
>> To: Scirocco List
>> Subject: 1975 Scirocco on Trader Online
>> 
>> 
>> I was looking through the classifieds and found this:
>> 
>> http://www.collectorcartraderonline.com/addetail.html?470297
>> 
>> The owner emailed the pics to me, and it looks really nice.
>> 
>> Kenneth
>> 1980 Scirocco S
>> 1991 Corrado
>> 
>> 
>> 
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