First scrirocco, what to look for. More Info

[gr8hunter1 at comcast.net (Jacob)]

Ya, I guess that uploading the pictures maxed out my daily bandwidth, 
does anyone know a better photo hosting site? nm. I just checked what my 
limit is. They changed it to no external linking unless you pay $5 for 6 
months.
I forgot to mention the mileage, 150000+.

L F wrote:

> Hmmmm.  "Access Denied".
> :(
>  
> Larry
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Jacob <mailto:gr8hunter1@comcast.net>
>     *To:* scirocco-l@scirocco.org <mailto:scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, February 03, 2004 6:01 PM
>     *Subject:* RE: First scrirocco, what to look for. More Info
>
>     Second try (mozilla stopped responding as I finished writhing this
>     the first time)
>     I went to see that Rocco today and I had to cringe.
>     Aside from cringing: Its a '84 8v.
>     Back to cringing: First thing I noticed is the driver side Window
>     <http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-3/142779/Window1sml.JPG>,
>     lock, and panel
>     <http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-3/142779/window_lockSML.JPG>.
>     This is Oregon; it rains here, almost as much as Seattle
>     (sometimes). The driver seat is moist, and the back seat has water
>     <http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-3/142779/waterSML.JPG>. Looks
>     like the person responsible for the window decided he wanted this
>     <http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-3/142779/centerDashSML.JPG>.
>     And a couple little things are missing. Such as the spinning knob
>     for the windows.
>     As a plus it has a moon roof, and power side mirrors. And there
>     are studded tires in back, possibly with rims. The current rims
>     are golden and look "basically" like these but older, and golden,
>     and the spokes crossed each other.
>     Overall this looks stock, not entirely sure what to look for that
>     might be non stock, but the dash, and gauges look like pictures I
>     have seen.
>     Another thing, is there supposed to be metal showing behind the
>     headlights
>     <http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-3/142779/FrontSML.JPG>?
>     Some info that I got off the VIN:
>     A 2dr. deluxe made in Germany, at the Onasabruck factory, in 1984.
>     And "lowest output gasoline engine", not sure what it means.
>     I guess I wont be able to use this as daily driver until I get all
>     (or at least most of) that fixed, so instead of trading the tempo,
>     I'll try selling or parting the '78 Lincoln I've been tinkering
>     with. I doubt any of you would want it, but if so give me a holler
>     Oh, ya, until I figure out what the name of the color this is (the
>     same one on at least 1/5 of all cars out there), we are calling it
>     Milktoast.
>
>      Jacob wrote:
>
>     Today my mom and brother saw a scirocco (mk2 or 16v) for $500 at a
>     small corner lot. If it checks out we plan on trading our '92 ford
>     tempo (thank god) for it. The blue book value for the ford is
>     $990. Before we even take it to a mechanic to look over what
>     should I look for?
>
>     I should have more information tomorrow such as year, mileage, and
>     ... what else should I find out?
>
>     As you can tell I have very little under the hood knowledge, and I
>     won't be able to tinker with any new car as it will have to be my
>     daily driver.
>
>      
>
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