mechanic has stolen my 'rocco(really long rant)

[relbrb@comcast.net (Mike Weiler)]

Sorry to hear all your bad luck. I have learned one thing so far with ALL
makes and models of cars. A car is the worst investment you will ever make
in your life! Fun, entertaining, and maybe ever necesary for most but still
a poor investment. Last point is just a suggestion, if you want to get two
cars and have one as a "project" get another cheap 8v that you can work on
yourself and is MUCH cheaper in parts and mods. I have 2 cars,a Jeep high
modified for offroad, and two motorcycles. I have spent more money on my 16v
in mantainace then I have on all my other vehicles combined (by .45 cent).
When I had my 8v i paid 500USD for it and drove it for two years for
inspections of 100$ each year one year for tires and one for exhaust. It was
not the most beautyfull thing on earth but it got me from point a-b. Now
with a 16v daily driver I do nothing but fix it and my 16V project has been
sitting still for awhile now. Just some advice but I would look to another
8v if you must purchase again and chase that dream car project alot more
than the car you have to have to get to school/work. Hope you get your car
back though. Trade it for a nice worked over 8v and you will have a whole
lot less maintainace!
----- Original Message -----
From: <Dubdaze68@aol.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 2:22 AM
Subject: mechanic has stolen my 'rocco(really long rant)


> I seriously can't win......first, after 3 years and $7,000 just in routine
> maintenance, the end is still nowhere in sight....I bought this car to
> replace my Cabriolet, which I intended to modify and restore, using the
> Scirocco as my daily driver.  With this car, I recieved a stack of
reciepts
> dating back to the early 90's, showing the excellent care that this car
> recieved.  The PO needed to sell the 'rocco to put a new VR6 into his
> Corrado, and maintain the beautiful Volvo P1800 Coupe that he inherited
from
> his wifes father.  I had always wanted a Scirocco 16v, as it was a dream
car
> from my youth.  It felt like karma....until I realized that fate has a
sense
> of humor.  My Cabriolet still sits in the garage, because the Karmann
coupe
> curse has taken firm hold.  Just when you think that you can replace
nothing
> else on the car, something seems REALLY wrong...you chalk it up to
freezing
> weather, because that's when it started.  NO>>>>>can't be that simple.
> mechanic tells you there's something wrong with the throttle sensor plate,
> even though you KNOW that's not what's wrong with it.  2 months go by with
> your car running like a dog, and then some lame ass mofo breaks into your
car
> to get a worthless jacket, a radio that only cost you 150.00 when you
bought
> it back in 1998,(and yes, the face wasn't on it, the guy went searching
for
> it), a wet dry vac, (which I recovered in the alley the next day) a tube
of
> toothpaste and a toothbrush(which was used....wtf would he use that for),
and
> who knows what else...take it to a guy an hour and a half away from here
to
> get it fixed, because I needed a whole new center console, ( it was
sitting
> on the drivers side seat), and a front quarter window, and he had a parts
> 'rocco. while I was there, and this is a mechanic my friend uses and never
> has problems with, I ask him to check the timing, and sure enough, it's
> WAAAAYYY off, crank pulley key is stripped, and the camshaft pulley is
> cracked...pay cash, up front, because he says he can have it done in 2
days,
> and waited...kept me informed, fixed a whole lot of little things, and
> then....nothing....haven't heard from him in a week, haven't had my car in
2
> weeks, he won't return my phone calls, and I read in the paper last week
that
> he was picked up in a huge drug sting operation in that
> county...yay......that, and the other day, a friend called to ask me if I
had
> a white sticker on my drivers rear quarter window, I said yeah(it's
Bibendum,
> the Michelin Man), and he said that my car just passed him going the other
> way down the road, and my friend couldn't turn around to catch it..On the
up
> side, his father told my friend that the mechanic said that it runs like a
> new car....I'm gonna go cry now......
>
> Patrick Boyle
>
> '87 Scirocco 16v
> '87 Cabriolet
> '84 Rabbit GTI
>
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