How I got home this afternoon...

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

Two hours before my son's first birthday party, expecting 50+ people 
(including lil'uns), my Scirocco decides to remind me that it shall not 
be neglected.

Let me know what you find wrong with this picture:

http://validpath.com/images/scirocco/rig.JPG

Had to take it to the grocery store 5-ish miles away (though through 
high traffic areas) to get the cake and ice because my Mom decided it 
would be a good idea to park where it would block the driveway. Rather 
than move her Camry, I decided that I would give the old beast a workout 
given the fact that I would have to drive it all this week because my 
mother-in-law will be using my wife's car and wife gets the M5...

Four blocks from the store, the battery light comes on and the voltmeter 
starts dropping. "Not now, please??!" I say. Though I seemed mired in 
traffic, I managed to get to the store parking lot and found that my 
alternator tensioner bolt to the cylinder head SHEARED off. Begged one 
of the clerks to give me a coat hanger so I could MacGuyver it and 
thankfully, I made it home with the cake and 5 bags of ice....why of all 
times does this car pick this one to make me sweat it out?? So, guess 
what I'm doing tomorrow??  :)

Another, prettier, roc shot for the day:

http://validpath.com/images/scirocco/triroc.JPG

I love these cars why, again??  :)

L8R, JT