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Facing a change in scirocco situation [long]



I'm there with you on those thoughts.  Having simple mechanical things
is such a joy.  Whether it is a 8v CIS car or a XT hardtail, the joy
remains the same.  In some ways, I'm glad I work on Saturdays, or else
I'd be taking my car to the track to see how fast it is only to think of
ways to make it a little bit faster on the trip back home.  

Joe Doty wrote:
> 
> I think I'm getting old.  For the last few months I've been thinking
> about how nice it would be to have a car that runs perfectly and gets
> great gas mileage, and only breaks every couple of months rather than
> days.
> 
> This is all prompted by my stupidity and laziness, mainly that of me
> blowing the 2nd engine in the turbo car (sounds like a cracked piston
> again).  I suspect this was caused again by a poor tuning (Digifant I),
> 91 octane, and 9.2:1 compression.  Note to self: DO NOT TURBO YOUR DAILY
> DRIVER.  I just can't put forth thousands of dollars to get a fast car
> put together.  There's nowhere to autox here either, and I sure as hell
> am not going to drag race it.  Yeah, let's patch it together every
> weekend so I can destroy it for a piece of paper with a number on it,
> worth nothing but bragging rights.  Damn that noise.
> 
> Also, I miss the way my car was with the 2 liter.  Nice and torquey,
> surprised and beat the hell out of a lot of people.  Easy to work on, no
> unnecessary crap, start and ran like it was brand new, 30 mpg, no oil
> leaks at all.  When I think about this car, all that comes to mind is
> the hacked together exhaust rubbing on the axle, the pinging, the
> fouling out rich on the freeway, and the one-wheel peel of glory.  I
> want the old days where I'd look at the car and smile.  It used to be
> pretty clean for $50.  And I'd remember the times where the silly Honda
> kiddies would ask me what kind of car that is after I whooped their ass.
> "It's a what? Is it turbo?" Nope.  Well, at least that's how it should
> have stayed.
> 
> I simply do not have the time or desire to be under my car every weekend
> hacking exhaust, tracing transmission leaks, doing clutch jobs, swapping
> tires, and the like, just to get to work on Monday.  I like making cars
> fast, but there's too much maintenance time and not enough happy time.
> 
> "I've been seeing someone else": mountain biking has become my new
> pastime.  Bikes are so much cheaper to maintain than even VWs, it's
> silly.  Dollar for enjoyment value, bikes win for me.
> 
> So now I'm temporarily putting the '88 into retirement and will be
> driving the '79 daily.  I'm not sure what's going to happen to it, but
> I'd like to swap it back to the crappy, always starting, always working,
> 30+ mpg getting, simple CIS.  It will be a mighty sweet reunion.  That
> being said, I have a new appreciation for well-maintenanced, near-stock
> cars.
> 
> Joe Doty
> IT/Development
> joe@lcnetwork.com
> 
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Kervin
86 Scirocco 2.0 8v 4K+80% and lots of other numbers and letters
88 Gti 1.8 16v Not done and now it's winter :(
00 tt600