Re: Rieger accident #2: (rieger rear bumper skirts are pretty strong)

["Richard Deede" <rdeede@hotmail.com>]

You have almost as much bad luck as I have had with Sciroccos. Glad to hear 
it wasn't too bad though.


Rich
-88 Scirocco 1.8t
-00 GTI VR6 - SOLD
-88 Scirocco 2.0 16v - R.I.P.
-87 Scirocco 16v - R.I.P.



>From: "Allyn" <amalventano1@home.com>
>To: "scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>CC: "Cheapass Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>, "Eric L Ellis" 
><elf16v@juno.com>, "Jan Folkson" <jfolkson@optonline.net>
>Subject: Rieger accident #2: (rieger rear bumper skirts are pretty strong)
>Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:23:19 -0500
>
>     Well, I was sitting at a red light, thinking about just how damned 
>near
>impossible it would be for someone to not see my car and rear-end me. I 
>look
>in the rear view mirror at the (stopped) minivan, chuckle slightly. Look
>back at the road, and hear WHAM. Check the rear view again, the van is
>suddenly on its way towards me. Feet immediately go to gas and clutch, hand
>immediately slams shifter into first, Rieger immediately starts doing
>mini-burnout to escape its impending doom. My burnout could only last for
>about 3 feet, since there was a civic in front of me (i know, i was 
>tempted,
>but i am tired of swapping hoods). I bring the burnout/car to a halt about
>3" from the rear bumper of the civic, letting off the brakes to maximize
>momentum transfer if i get hit, but my intermittent-warp-9 maneuver was not
>enough. My heart drops as i hear a thud and am shaken slightly in my seat.
>"so much for not getting rear ended", i think to myself as i roll forward
>towards the civic. I reapply brakes, leaving about 1/2" to the civics rear
>bumper.
>     Turns out some old lady in a lincoln (behind the minivan), had a 
>little
>birdy or something tell her the light was green. She floors it, running
>right into the van. She then panics, forgetting that she needs to slam on
>the BRAKES, not the GAS, thus pushing the now braking van even further. She
>finally got it right and hit the brakes about 1/2 sec before the van hit 
>me.
>     Damage is limited to the flat part of the rear bumper. No 
>cracks/tears,
>just the typical paint scuffing you find in a rubbermaid-to-rubbermaid
>accident. I'm actually really impressed with the way the rieger was put
>together. There was 0 gap between the kit and the rear bumper skirt. I cant
>say the same for the front, but if you hit the front of any scirocco, its
>all over anyway.
>     I've attached a (very) low res picture (11k), for your viewing 
>pleasure.
>Al
>
>Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
>87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 170k, rocco #6) running - for now
>87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles, original clutch,
>driveshafts, wheels :)
>
><< 011108-155813-SQ-Z10-.jpg >>


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