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	So, a little more about me and my car, eh? Well, I live in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, and I'm a senior in high school. I bought the car locally
for $900 about three or four years ago.It has around 175,000 miles on
it. Right now, I'm sad to say it's in a state of disrepair. The body's
good and solid except for a few minor dents and dings a few small
patches of surface rust that should be easy to take care of. The engine
runs pretty well except that it burns about a quart of oil every 200
miles and recently has decided not to idle at all. I guess that'd be one
thing that's driving me nuts. Needless to say, because of that fact, it
hasn't been driven much recently. It's no fun to drive a car that dies
at every stop light and stop sign. This summer the car will hopefully
get a rebuilt 1.8 liter (unless some lister in the midwest has a 2 liter
bottom end that they're willing to part with for cheap?) and some
supsension and cosmetic work. I'd like to have it in running shape in
time for Cincy, but I don't know if that's going to happen.
	 I don't have too many huge plans right now for economic reasons, but
sometime in the (possibly distant) future I'd like to try a Megasquirt
with either a turbo or individual throttle bodies on a 2 liter 16v. I'm
planning on building a Megasquirt this summer for the BMW, so we'll see
how that goes before I try it on the 'rocco. Any other questions?

-Zach

On Sun, 2003-04-13 at 07:22, Cathy Boyko wrote:
>  I've been into scirocco's for quite a
> > while now, and I've owned a black '86 16v for several years. It's not in
> > the best of shape, but I'm working on it. 
> 
> 
> As we all are! Welcome.
> 
> 
> I'm also yet another list-member with an E30 BMW. I
> > own an '89 325i. 
> 
> 
> 
> Oh no, not another one...
> 
> 
> > 	This is a great list, unlike anything I've seen for any other car. The
> > sense of community here is amazing, and there are some really
> > knowledgeable people. I'm looking forward to being an active member of
> > the community
> 
> 
> 
> Yeah, but wait till you REALLY get to know us...
> 
> Seriously, welcome. So where are you? Tell us more about the car, what have
> you done, what's driving you nuts, what the plans are, all that stuff. (and
> maybe a bit about you too) That's what we thrive on!
> 
> Cathy, friendly and not-so-knowlegdeable
> 1987 2.0L 16V Scirocco - "the silver headache"
> 1980 with-the-mighty-1.6, needs a floor - "the rotten/red Rocco"
> (and four other VWs that don't count)
>