HELP :( im Really tempted to Buy a H

[treed2@u.washington.edu (T. Reed)]

I couldn't have said it better myself..

"if you can't appreciate vws and put the time in to learning about them
and repairing them, they're not for you"

The same thing applies to Linux (of course only the 2 or 3 of you nerds on
this list will know what I'm talking about here).. people see me using my
computer with a couple xterms open and they think I'm hacking in to the
government or something. Then they say "you should teach me how to use
Linux". Yeah, and while I'm at it I should teach some kindergardeners how
to do Laplace transforms..

It don't work that way. You have to /want/ to put effort in to it or it
isn't gonna happen.

-Toby

> Let me tell you a little story that should help you make your decision!
>
> About a year and a half back a friend referred a friend to me to put a
> transmission in his GLI (SMS).  When I saw the car (wing, painted interior
> parts, stickers, slammed to the nubbers) it looked like a Honda in disguise.
> I installed the transmission and (including the transmission) I only charged
> him $400.  It was an AGB and he was happy for about a week when he said that
> he lost a couple gears and couldn't figure out why AND he was mad at me!  I
> went to his house (no charge) and helped him diagnose (rather quickly) a
> piece of linkage that had come off.  I noticed that the locking piece had
> come off (common) and gave him another that I had as a spare.  I didn't see
> him for about a year until I saw him outside a Starbucks.  I stopped to say
> hi and noticed he was getting into a Honda.  I (jokingly) said "don't tell
> me that you own a Honda" and he said, without even looking at me as he got
> into his car,"you wouldn't fix my other car".
>
> You could come to a lot of conclusions from this:
>
> 1.  He needed a Honda in the first place because he wanted to rice, not
> race.
>
> 2.  He had no idea how the car worked, just wanted it to work.
>
> 3.  After owning a VW and knowing that I owned VWs, he couldn't even face me
> OR come up with a good excuse why he didn't still have his VW.
>
> Conclusion:  He was born to be in a Honda!  Rice it out, and act like a VW
> wasn't good enough when he knew nothing about them.  I'm glad he's not in
> the VW family!
>
> As far as you're concerned, I'd get a Honda to mess with, everyday driver,
> etc. and see how you like it.  If you feel you need to make the cross-over,
> maybe you were meant to be there!?  Asking the Scirocco list if you should
> give up your Scirocco for a Honda is like asking Farakhan if you should
> switch from Muslim to Judaism.  You'll have to figure it out for yourself,
> ultimately.  Good luck but don't worry if you go Honda, we here on the
> Scirocco list always need some Honda butt to kick!!
>
> Dave
>