Re: What the hell was I thinking? Damn that VW marketing machine.

[Andrew Wong <mkii_84@yahoo.com>]

Wow I guess I know why you won't buy another VW made
after 92.  I noticed that VW stoped making their cars
sporty after they killed the Corrado and the last 16v
cars
--- Gary Huff <scirocco86@home.com> wrote:
> Goodbye 1.8T Golf, hello slightly tuned 16v. I'm
> putting new VR6 strut bearings & bushings on it and
> selling it. I'm sick of the car payment, and
> insurance expense this evil 1.8T plagues me with, so
> i'm selling it and rebuilding my scirocco for the
> next week or so. That Golf also lacks the soul &
> nimbleness my 16v car had even with shitty
> suspension. So far i've ordered, H&R coilovers,
> quaife quick ratio manual rack, 020 quaife for my
> AGB(yes im keeping the 3.67, I like ride height, and
> suspension travel. Quiet 85mph cruising, well as
> quiet as 85mph in a scirocco can be ;).) I've
> ordered new rod bearings, main bearings, piston
> rings, intermediate shaft bearings, gaskets, etc.
> for the 2.0l bottom end, new valve guides, valve
> seals, and keepers for the recently machined 1.8
> head. It turns out my 16v car was running so bad
> because the valve seals were destroyed in cyl 2 & 3,
> dumping oil down both the intake & exhaust valves,
> along with this being the cause of my car needing an
> o2 sensor every few months -- but the oil wasn't
> noticable enough at the tailpipe, but the manifold
> downpipe & exhaust ports showed otherwise. Hooray,
> problem solved by speeding up the impending 2.0l
> rebuild. 
> 
> 
> The A4 VW's are nice, but too heavy and dealer
> dependant unless you buy a 200$ homebrew diagnostic
> tool. 
> Those of you who know me, also no doubt have heard
> of the countless QC issues with the A4's, and the
> warranty/repair/replacement hassles i've gone
> through in *1* year of ownership. All else aside, it
> would have been a great thing if dealerships were
> not retarded, and all incapable of doing anything
> quality in the least, and if VW would fess up to the
> QC issues plauging these cars instead of passing the
> buck and taking it out of the pockets of people with
> decently sized car payments. I had a dealer in
> Ellicot City, Russel VW break my radio, then refuse
> to fix it. I dropped my car off to have the
> headgasket replaced at 35k, because it mixed oil and
> coolant bad... Next the FI coolant temp sensor
> goes... 75% parts & labor, I pay 25%... So I pick my
> car up between the FI temp sensor and headgasket,
> and the radio is stuck on 88.3 won't do anything,
> but power on and off. I notice this a block away,
> and the check engine light comes on. Wtf. I turn
> right back around and go to the dealer.  Clearly
> something got bonked while it was there since it
> worked when I dropped it off, and this CE light is
> not cool. The service manager explains to me how
> these things are like light bulbs, and just go all
> the time(talking about my radio.. the FI sensor
> maybe, radio no..). Wtf? I'm not retarded, last time
> I checked that word also wasn't stamped on my
> forehead. My shit worked when I brought it here...
> VWoA was no good at all, they didn't seem to care
> that their dealers break customer cars then have the
> balls to charge them to fix it, they offered to
> cover 75% of the parts & labor. Customer care my
> ass, they care enough to open your wallet and insert
> their hands. Well it turns out my 1 year old head
> unit which isn't even monsoon or a in-dash CD player
> was on back order, and list price was 1007$....
> wtf.... I paid for the fuel temp sensor, and told
> them they could keep their radio when it came in.
> What a fucking scam. Regardless of what my cost
> would have been, i'm not paying for a radio that the
> dealer obviously broke, since it magically stopped
> working while my car was in their care for a week
> getting the motor completely torn down. I don't know
> many honda owners that have had such excessive out
> of service time on an otherwise new vehicle, or the
> similar parts longevity, (10k for oem struts? Gimme
> a break!) even given the mileage I drive. You really
> do start to realize how much you otherwise hate a
> certain vehicle's characteristics after you don't
> have a radio in it for 5-7 weeks, and don't spend 2
> or more hours a day in traffic anymore. 
> 
> 
> Back to the scirocco. I've gone as far as to sand &
> paint all the manifolds, valve cover, throttle body,
> oil pan, downpipe and block with hi-temp flat black.
> Once the engine bay and all components are clean and
> painted black to my liking, this car will be nice.
> It should be finished in time to meet the December
> 12th emissions deadline, lacking carpet, power
> windows that work, a sunroof that works, headlights
> & turn signals due to a smashed drivers euro, &  me
> painting the buckets,  and properly heighted recaro
> seats :) Minor details, but god damn it feels so
> good to get back to my roots -- the basics. I can't
> wait to see my insurance rate go back to normal, I
> can taste it already. Oh yeah, I officially call
> shenanigans on VWoA, Marten's VW in DC, Russel VW in
> Ellicot City, and their retchid you bought it, you
> deal with it and you're stuck with it "all these
> things are normal"  attitude.
> 	-ghuff
> 
> Repeat after me, I will never own a VW made past
> 1992, I will never own a VW made past 1992, I will
> never own a VW made past 1992...........
> 
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-Andrew Wong 
1984 Black Scirocco(stock)
1987 White Quantum wagon (Stock with auto)
aw614.topcities.com/1984.htm

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