My life with my Scirocco so far

[danws69 at earthlink.net (-DAN-)]

All of the 'problems' you mentioned were easily fixable on your own for a
fraction of the cost you've spent. The fact that these cars are so easily
repairable is one of the plethora of reasons why they rule. You're on an
e-mail list with the combined mechanical knowledge of the design team that
built these cars. Want some real advice? Learn to do some of this stuff
yourself. Those linkage bit are quite easy to diagnose and repair. $150 for
a linkage alignment is a rip(off), imo.

I know, not everyone has either the ability/time/resources to do it
properly, but my 'bad luck' with things breaking occasionally make me
thankful I own a car I can repair so easily.


.........
And I'm not trying to break your balls, but I just feel you can't bitch if
you never get your hands dirty on it. (These cars demand personal attention
or they feel neglected and will break on you).
.........



Dan Snow
(2.5) '87 16v Sciroccos
(1) '81 Rabbit Sportruck
http://www.takkenband.com/
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"You can have my Scirocco when you pry it off of me with the Jaws of
Life." - Mike Smith




-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of T0mmylee182@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 23:45
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: My life with my Scirocco so far


 Can anyone relate with my so far bad luck with my scirocco? I know the
owner
of Project Scirocco from Eurotuner can...
 I bought my '87 8v Scirocco for $995.00 and it was fine for 2 months, then
my alternator belts decided that they didn't want to work or keep my battery
charged anymore, so I paid $70 for a new battery and then $223 to get the
alternator belts fixed my my friends at Hydrex in Emmaus, PA.  The same week
I get
my car back, my new tires decided to slid through a stop sign into a metal
guard rail only to result in a busted turn signal lense, which cost me $50
from
Volkswagen and they told me that they only had 15 left in the COUNTRY!! (can
anyone prove this?? I don't think so...) The week after I get the lense put
back
on, my linkage from my shifter pops off, I get it fixed my a friend, and
have
my friends at Hydrex check it out, and they tell me everything is fine, only
for 2 days until the linkage pops off again!  I get it fixed at Hydrex, only
to
take it back the same day because it wasn't fixed right, (3rd gear was where
1st was, 1st was in reverse, I don't think that there was a 2nd gear...) so
about $150 later, my Scirocco is running great again, if the year was 1987,
my
car would be practically brand new.  I realized that I can't be the only one
with Scirocco bad luck because when my ride was taking me home from work
while
my car was in the shop, we passed a 16v Scirocco broken down on the side of
the
road...here is a quote from my mom, "Get a new garage or get a new car!!"  I
already said that if something else happens to it, I'm getting rid of it,
but
I love it way to much!

Anyone else have these problems??
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