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Financial tally on our cars!



Corrections:

1) add a Clutch kit w/ 2.0 16v pressure plate

2) my numbers on the E30 mods are with labor included (it'd been a while
since I looked at it)...oops..

JT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: Financial tally on our cars!


> In the 9 months I've had it...
>
> 2.0 shortie w/ 20k ($550)
> Autotech cams ($350+tax)
> TT DP/Cat combo ($325)
> Supersprint cat-back ($525)
> Battery ($80)
> Motor mounts (~$100)
> MoMo Competition Wheel w/ hub (~$175)
> ABD Shortshift Kit (~$90)
> Used Center Console ($15)
> Alpine CD ($26)
> (4) Infinity Kappa 4x6s ($160)
> New Alarm ($90)
> Used 16" TSW Wheels w/ Yoko Paradas ($650)
> K&N Filter ($40)
> Distributor ($155)
> Used DFQ tranny ($400 including shipping)
> euro lights w/ 80/110w H4s, 110w Yellow star H3s, city light conversion
(all
> not yet installed) (~$300 total)
> (4) ATE slotted rotors (not yet installed) (~$150)
> Stainless Steel brake lines (not yet installed)  (~$80)
> Hella Air Horns (not yet installed) ($30)
> H&R Springs (coming for my b-day) (Free to me!)
>
> Next on the list - euro bumpers, bilstein HDs, all bushings/bearing
required
> to recondition the suspension, CV boot replacement (dreading)
>
> I shudder to think what the total is...and if my fiancee saw this, I'd be
in
> trouble! But I'm nowhere done and this is just the beginning. Plans are
> already in the works for a 1.8t in a black (hopefully '89 Scala) Mk2 (will
> need to get from Canada somehow)
>
> For some perspective, this pales in comparison to what it costs to soup up
> an E30 M3!  ($5k for Evolution Piston Kit (w/o labor), $4k for a
> Supercharger kit (w/o labor), $550 for a Supersprint muffler (yes, just
the
> muffler!)
>
> JT
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Scott Rose" <slash2@mindspring.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:15 AM
> Subject: Re: Financial tally on our cars!
>
>
> > Minus the gas and license stuff, cause you'd have to do that anyway for
> any
> > car you get.  Which my scirocco is cheap for taxes anyway.  I've spent
> 3892
> > in the past 5 years I've had my car.  That's not alot considering it
still
> > runs.  And I don't even know how many miles over 116,xxx it has.
> > In that money I've got:
> >
> > 50mm intake
> > Neuspeed sport springs, tokico Non-adj. shocks and struts
> > Neuspeed upper strut tie bar
> > Rear window louvers
> > Aluminum shorty antenna mast
> > G60 blower
> > G60 injection
> > Clutch(stock replacement)
> > Both drive axles(stock replacement)
> > TT downpipe(stock replacement)
> > TT cat-back exhaust w/ ultra-flo
> > Custom shift linkage
> > Wheels and tires(hope to have by cincy)
> > Euro lights w/ euro turns
> > 3 slat badgeless grill
> > 2.0 L shortblock
> > Corrado rear brakes
> > Aluminum shift knob
> > K&N air filter
> >
> > That's a hell of alot for that little money
> >
> > Now imagine how much honda performance stuff is.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 09:42 AM 5/2/02 -0700, you wrote:
> > >
> > >--- Mike Blain <rept@qwest.net> wrote:
> > >> So the question stands: How much and why- to my fellow
> > >> listers.
> > >
> > >No, the question is moot.  It's a Scirocco, so who cares.
> > >Really, look at it - you could have a nice brand new Jetta
> > >for what you've got in the 'rocco, but it wouldn't be as
> > >fun, and the Jetta would certainly depriciate for the next
> > >15 years where the Scirocco seems to at least be holding
> > >its value, and may even go up a little in the future.
> > >
> > >Drive your car.  Have fun.  It's only money.
> > >
> > >
> > >=====
> > >Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> > >'80 S, 81 S, '82, '85, & '88 Sciroccos
> > >'82 Pickup
> > >'90 Passat Wagon
> > >"Never joke, taunt or dangle what might be seen as a challenge in front
> of
> > the powers that be.  The universe is listening." - Lane Wallace
> > >
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