Semi OT: Car confusion - RU86'd

[dswalterwi at earthlink.net (Don Walter)]

I stand corrected on all accounts.  Your right the correct name is RU486 and yes the term 86'd has been used for years.  It is just interesting that it was used as part of the name.  Thanks to everyone who contributed information.

Don

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Walter <dswalterwi@earthlink.net>
Sent: Dec 3, 2003 10:36 PM
To: Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>, 
	Michael Keogh <mkeogh@e-autobusiness.com>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: Semi OT: Car confusion - RU86'd

Does anyone know where the term 86-it came from.  It comes from the part number of the pill (RU86) to kill unborn babies.

RU86 = Are you dead? killed? expired? etc...  

Just makes me think twice about using that term.  I don't mean to offend anyone or say that we shouldn't use it, but place some perspective of the origin.

Don

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
Sent: Dec 3, 2003 3:44 PM
To: Michael Keogh <mkeogh@e-autobusiness.com>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: Semi OT: Car confusion

I think the Cutlass is for pulling the scirocco, but I would agree with
86-ing it altogether!  :p
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Keogh" <mkeogh@e-autobusiness.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 1:34 PM
Subject: RE: Semi OT: Car confusion


Rhett-

If you don't mind me asking; after parting out your Scirocco, how much
cash will you have to play with?

I think you should forget autocrossing a Cutlass.

-Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: Rhett Farnum [mailto:rocco_crossing@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:29 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Semi OT: Car confusion



Over Thanksgiving break my parents brought to my attention that I really

have no money left to play. I really want to keep autoXing but the
Cutlass
would take a lot of time and hard work to get to handle decent. As most
of
you know by now my rocco is in many pieces as I am parting it out. (need
any
parts? email me!!)

Here are a few options I have come up with.

1. Keep my rocco, fix the holes in it roughly, drop my spare 1.7L in it,
put
it on a trailer and run it race only.

2. finish parting the rocco and dump the money into the Cutlass to make
it
look nice and handle a littel better.

3. Finish parting out the rocco and sell the cutlass and find something
that
I can use for both street and autoX, more in a stock class.

I like option 1 the most simply because it keeps one more rocco around
for
longer. I know in the long run it may cost me more because I would like
to
get a truck to pull the trailer instead of the Cutlass, but I think it
would
also be the most fun.


Peace Out,
Rhett
Rocco_crossing
'83 Rocco (DEAD!!) :-(

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1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
1986 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (for sale)
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1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
1986 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (for sale)
1986 1.8 16V Black Scirocco (my new ride)