What a little trooper

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

I know the feeling. I love my car. It USUALLY starts with out problems 
(except this morning (-10)).

Have fun with it!



Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
Amsterdam NY




>From: GGehrke <ggehrke@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: GGehrke <ggehrke@gmail.com>
>To: Scirocco list <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: What a little trooper
>Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 18:13:35 -0500
>
>Today I went and pulled my Scirocco out of storage.  I put it in
>storage back at the end of june when I had a knee injury that kept me
>from driving it back to school.  I had prepped it really well for the
>storage because it was being kept outside, and it fired up with
>relatively few problems.  I had it covered and tied up so the exterior
>stayed in exactly the shape I left it, with the cover on tightly after
>6 months.  The interior where I sandblasted and painted with POR-15 on
>first inspection actually seems to have redeveloped rust problems,
>which is a bit troubling.  I had put a rag into the exhaust pipe and
>taped over it to keep rodents out (as per some instructions I found
>online) and when i went to pull it out found it had accumulated
>moisture, rusted to the pipe and frozen solid (its about 20* here
>right now), so that was the only real problem, it took a long time to
>dig it out with a screwdriver.  Had to jump the battery and crank it a
>bunch of times before it would idle on its own, but it started up and
>made the 2-3 mile trip home with no problems whatsoever.  I tried
>restarting it once since it came home and got nothing, so my battery's
>probably dead, and there are a ton of electrical gremlins to work out,
>and I need to completely replace the brake system, but I'm hoping by
>the new year it'll be ready for a 600 mile trek back out to Maryland.
>I'm so proud of it.  My parents had no faith in it running at all.
>Such a good little car.  I have no heater and left the windows down,
>but was just grinning the whole way home.  After I let it warm up I
>even hammered it a little and it really came alive.  Even with one of
>my hard brake lines completely cut, it stops just fine.  My one
>speaker radio even works!  Ah, I can't wait to start working on it
>this week.  I'm sure I'll have tons of questions.  First order of
>business is to replace the hard brake lines and probably do other
>brake maintenance while I'm at it.  I might go for SS braided lines
>and upgraded discs up front, but I'm not sure where exactly I want to
>put my money yet.  Then it's wiring issues.  That'll probably be all I
>have time for before my winter break is over, but hopefully by spring
>I can also give its suspension some upgrades and keep fiddling with
>the bodywork.  Anyways, i'm happy and just wanted to share.  Everyone
>else I know thinks I'm crazy but I'm sure you guys understand :D :D :D
>
>-Grant-
>1979 (previously believed to be an 80) SITTING IN MY GARAGE!
>Louisville, KY
>
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