My life with my Scirocco so far

[alexdpritchard at hotmail.com (alex pritchard)]

Eh? my message went awol

right i have had new discs and pads, exhaust, drive shaft, couplings, 
bearings, 3 fan belts, diffential gear, and a wheel all in 1 month.

Does anybody have a mirror adjusting knob spare or the plastic elbow from 
the air intake to connect the silver pipe i cant remember the name of to?

cheers all


>From: "alex pritchard" <alexdpritchard@hotmail.com>
>To: ats@longcoeur.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: RE: My life with my Scirocco so far
>Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 14:58:18 +0000
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>>From: "Patrick Bureau" <ats@longcoeur.com>
>>To: <T0mmylee182@aol.com>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>>Subject: RE: My life with my Scirocco so far
>>Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 07:50:41 -0600
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>>Ahaha, welcome to the wonderfull world of scirocco... and theask 
>>yourself..
>>why do I only have one sciroco to work on ?
>>
>>ATS - Patrick Bureau - ats@longcoeur.com (new email address)
>>===========================================
>>1985 2L JH/3A+KS CIS Scirocco 102.5WHP/121Torque
>>http://ats.longcoeur.com/ (new web address - shorter to type)
>>
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>>-----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 10:45 PM
>>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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