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The usual ranting-long
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, C Boyko wrote:
> Yeah yeah. Oh, and Klaus is LOW!!! I'm loving it so far, what a difference.
> I'll post later about what not to do. (yes, I found a few new things.) Still
> don't have the front done, and I'm off on another little mission. Tonight,
> maybe I'll give the headache her new muffler, but only if she looks sulky.
I can't believe you would complain about working on Klaus. That car is a
treat, all around. Candy even.
> So how is Carrots? She throw a hissy fit yet? Talk about a candidate for
> jealousy...
Naw, she opted for the long, drawn out cold stare kind of sulk. In the
form of "I've got just enough blowby that if you take me on the freeway
I'm going to runaway and swallow myself whole" kind of sulkiness. So what
does she get for her troubles? Well, a teardown and inspection - if she
passes, I'll let her live. If not, she's on the bricks. That'll teach
her. (You've got to show them who's boss, after all... -> if I say it
like I mean it, it'll make it so... right? <- )
Drew
> Cathy
>
>
> >From: Drew MacPherson <drew@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
> >To: C Boyko <roccit_53@hotmail.com>
> >CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: Re: The usual ranting-long
> >Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 10:49:59 -0500 (EST)
> >
> >
> >Quit your whining and get out there and spend some quality time with the
> >Headache before she decides to spit a valve stem seal out of her coolant
> >bottle or something.
> >
> >Drew
> >
> >On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, C Boyko wrote:
> >
> > > Okay, just to get it out of my system...I'm going to buy a Cavalier.
> > >
> > > SO I have this gorgeous, gorgeous new white 88 Cabby (for my daughter).
> > > (BTW, it's built by Karmann, so it counts as a Scirocco) It was making
> >some
> > > belt noise at Daun's, but I was too sick to look at it, and it only did
> >it a
> > > few times for a short period at start up. Plus the car hadn't been
> >driven a
> > > lot, so I figured it was tired from sitting. (I should have known
> >better,
> > > this is exactly what my son's belt throwing POS Jetta does, he's on belt
> >#12
> > > this winter) The car got home (8 1/2 hours) with no issues. So my
> >daughter
> > > goes out to a movie with friends, I get a call from about 5 minutes
> >away,
> > > and it's got a battery light, so I tell her to limp it home and get
> >ready to
> > > head out with a fully charged battery, but it wasn't needed. But the car
> >had
> > > thrown the belt.
> > >
> > > No problemo, says I, I'll get my nephew, the "belt expert" to come over
> >and
> > > help me get it all tensioned right. (Both he and my son have been
> >blessed
> > > with the "belts from hell" cars, yes, the NA diesels with air...who puts
> >air
> > > in a NA diesel?) SO next morning, into town (1/2 hr round trip) to get
> >the
> > > missing belt, and miraculously, they actually gave me the rignt one.
> > >
> > > So we get into the belt replacement, and by the time we're at the point
> >we
> > > can thread the belt in, the PS/AC/and alternator are pretty well off. Oh
> > > yes, this car has air. WHO HAS AIR IN A CABBY??? But then it's wait till
> >the
> > > morning, may as well do all three belts. Another trip to town. And clean
> >up
> > > rusty bolts and such. Fine, except I'm heading out for an exam, and the
> >only
> > > night my nephew has free is that same night. SO he says he'll toss it
> > > together without me. MISTAKE! I come home, and there is a bunch of
> > > bent/broken shit to replace. Off to the dealer this morning, ( 45
> >minutes
> > > round trip) and they can get the parts by Tuesday. Wonderful.
> > >
> > > While I'm there, may as well get new lower suspension bolts for Klaus,
> >they
> > > do alignments, they are a VW dealer, they fit every A1 in the civilised
> > > world, so surely they should have those. NOPE! Tuesday.
> > >
> > > So there you have it, now you know why it takes me freaking forever to
> >do
> > > anything.
> > >
> > > SO the tallly in the Wind Tunnel at the moment?
> > > Ford - dead charging system
> > > Headache- due to plot something at any given moment
> > > 1980 - runs but too rotten to jack up
> > > Klaus- IRS ( invisible rear susension) -that'll be fixed once I' get off
> >the
> > > computer.
> > > Cabby- no alternator, and so many bolts loose it may never run again,
> >but
> > > I'm still thrilled with it!
> > >
> > > I'm keeping the bug as far from those A1s as is possible, I don't need
> >it
> > > getting any ideas.
> > >
> > > But I love them all...remind me why again?
> > >
> > > Cathy (looking for a Cavvy when I get the chance...)
> > >
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