Fwd: Re: PVW Contact

[juliemac57@hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Remember that letter that was in the mag? This was my reply.

> > Name:  Julie Macfarlane
> > Email:  juliemac57@hotmail.com
> > Message: The comment published in Aprils Mag about Sciroccos has 
>bothered
> > me a lot.
> >
> > My first VW was a 1969 Bug, as ugly as sin. Rust all over and panels 
>that
> > didn't match, but it just kept running!. What kept me driving the cars?
> > The other people that own them.
> >
> > I am a single Mom, who over the years has learned a lot about keeping a
> > car alive. I have been taught by people who own Bugs and Busses; 
>Sciroccos
> > and Rabbits even the people that own Jettas and other types of VW's. Its
> > not the cars we own, but the class of people that we are.
> > We are VW owners. We spend a great deal of time and money working on our
> > cars to make them into what we think is beautiful.
> >
> > I own a 1981 MKI Scirocco. I have modded it with a 16v engine, changed 
>the
> > springs and struts myself I even did the exhaust system and the 
>electrical
> > system (with a lot of help). I do ALL of the maintenance myself and I am
> > proud of that fact and of my new found abilities.
> >
> > I have learned a lot from these people on Scirocco.org. We meet once a
> > year and unlike Waterfest, we are welcomed back by the town. They are 
>not
> > just friends, but family to my daughter and I.
> >
> > The guy who wrote that email should grow up. PVW magazine isn't just a
> > celebration of a couple of machines, but the people who go to such
> > extreems to to achieve the incredible.
> >
> > Great magazine. Great people. Great cars.
> >
>


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