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SOT: Car love



Considering that this list is made up of only 400 or so US listers that are
Scirocco freaks, and there were over 1/2 million of the cars imported, it
would stand to reason that MOST of the sciroccos left are owned by people
who see the car as simply transportation.

And like most 70's and 80's cars, they are generally worn out pieces of shit
held together by the sheer will of a local mechanic who would rather work on
anything but a 20+ yr old VW.

That being said, I have rarely run across anyone who actually owned a
Scirocco when they were young who doesn't have fond memories of the car.

The rare top is you described is a Ragtop and was a dealer option in
1978-1981.  The tops were produced by Weathershields Ltd and later Britax.
Sadly less than 3,000 cars were delivered to customers with the ragtops and
because of the poor seals, they leak like crazy.  The ragtop cars rust away
much faster than any other Scirocco and the roofs are prone to cracking at
the corners of the ragtop frame.

BcH



> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org 
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Captnbr@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 11:58 AM
> To: Scirocco-L@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: SOT: Car love
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/26/2003 1:49:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> smithma7@yahoo.com writes:
> 
> <<Have any of you met someone who owned one of these cars and 
> didn't love it? 
> >>
> 
> I saw this one MK1 pull up one day.  It looked like a rare 
> one because it had 
> an open roof that is covered by a fabric covering,  Targa top 
> is it called?  
> Anyway, I said hey man nice scirocco. He said "I hate this 
> peice of shit and 
> if i had any money I would buy a real car and drive this off 
> the overpass."  
> After he said that I said nothing turned around and walked 
> the other way.  It 
> ruined my whole day.
> Brian 86 16v
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