I'm New

[juliemac57@hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Owned a rocc for 6 weeks and eating Hondas already! Ohhh Daddy, our new b=
aby=20
is growing up!
Give me a break, its 2am and I can't sleep  :)
Welcome to the list!
>
>On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Brandon Smith wrote:
>
> > Hello all, I am new to the list.
> >
> > My name is Brando and I just bought an 88' 16v Rocco that is in near=20
>mint condition.
> > I have had other VWs before, but never a Rocco, and i've only had the=
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>car for a month and a half, and still get a shit eatin grin on my face w=
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>somebody asks me about it.
> >
> > This last friday night i was coming out of a video store in this mall=
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>parking lot and there's a bunch of Honda punks hanging out, them seeing =
the=20
>Scirocco (already somewhat customized by me), and one of them makes a cr=
ack=20
>out how old it is.  I challenge him to a 1/4 mile race in an industrial=20
>complex nearby and even but 10$ on it.  This highschool kid had a mid 90=
's=20
>Civic Hatchback with stickers gallore, full body kit, exhaust, 17in whee=
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>and who knows under the hood.
> >
> > His buddies want to make sure nothings up and ask to see under my hoo=
d. =20
>I pop it open, and show them that it is completely stock (although they=20
>were completely puzzled when they saw the airbox...I had to explain to t=
hem=20
>what CIS was).  The honda kid goes to lift up his hood and i tell him th=
at=20
>i didn't need to see under the hood.  He just laughed at me.
> >
> > Mind you the only performance thing i have done to the car so far was=
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>put a set of FALKEN ziex tires on the original teardrop rims.
> >
> > We pull up even, his friend gets out and raises his hands, both engin=
es=20
>rev, hands drop.....
> > .....And i proceed to whip that Honda's ass.  I beat him off the line=
,=20
>and pulled strongly away from him in every gear, not to mention i missed=
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>3rd.  We pull over, and i am all smiles, get my $10 and do a nice little=
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>burnout as i am leaving in front of his car.
> >
> >
> > hoped you like my story,  I will probably have more as that punk will=
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>tell his friends about me...
> >
> > ohh well, keep you posted.
> >
> > -Brando
> >
> > BTW: where is everyone from.  I live in Colorado.Get more from the We=
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> >
>
>--
>Eric
>Northglenn, CO
>
>76 Honda CB400F Super Sport (400cc, 4 cyl, OHC 8v, 10k RPM redline *grin=
*)
>80 Scirocco (FOR SALE $500)
>81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration in holding pattern)
>81 Rabbit Truck LX Diesel (Waiting for BAE Turbo Install)
>87 Suzuki Samurai JX Hardtop (Soon to be VW Turbo Diesel Powered)
>91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
>
>"For Aquarians, the physics of loopholes is a perfectly valid science."
>-Kelli Fox
>
>
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Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
Amsterdam NY


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