I want to set my Scirocco on fire! - Ok, I'm parking my Sportruck next to it then.....

[danws69 at earthlink.net (danws69@earthlink.net)]

I know, I know, I was just ranting.....

Let's compare:
Scirocco's driving hours vs. maintenance hours = HIGH driving hours
Sportruck's driving hours vs. maint. Hours = about 1/3 maint to driving. ONE
THIRD of my time with that truck is spent elbow deep in it. 


And sure, first $5k takes it (cash, and quickly, before I change my mind)



Dan Snow
Tampa, FL
'87 16v Scirocco
'87 16v Scirocco (about to be parted-out)
'87 16v Scirocco (rear-end trailer)
'82 DIESEL Scirocco
'81 Rabbit Sportruck 
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Utley [mailto:fahrvegnugen@cox.net] 
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 14:14
To: danws69@earthlink.net; 'matt'; roc
Subject: Re: RE: I want to set my Scirocco on fire! - Ok, I'm parking my
Sportruck next to it then.....



> 
> From: <danws69@earthlink.net>
> Date: 2005/04/25 Mon AM 11:14:07 EDT
> To: "'matt'" <matt@safearmy.com>, 
> 	"roc" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: RE: I want to set my Scirocco on fire! - Ok,
> 	I'm parking my Sportruck next to it then.....
> 
> If one more piddly-f*&#cking thing goes wrong on that thing....I 
> swear....
> 
> The engine's getting filled with oil, it's getting those wheel-things 
> under it so I can move it around, and it's going in perma-storage.
> 
> 
> ---So to give a brief reason of why I loathe this truck even more than 
> normal.... I'm on my way to visit my (now late) great aunt and the 
> voltage regulator takes a shit on me...IN  ONE OF THE WORST POSSIBLE 
> SECTIONS OF TAMPA. So - 4 hours later and a flatbed tow truck ride 
> home....VR replaced, truck is fine. Great Aunt however, died that 
> Friday, BEFORE I had a chance to make it back over. This is like, the 
> 5th time that this truck has left me stranded when I'm actually DOING 
> something. It can't happen when I'm just out on my way to my friend's 
> house....no.... Then, yesterday, for VWs-Over-The-Skyway, I decided to 
> take the Caddy (since I'd been pissed at it and left its ass parked in 
> the garage since the VR fix). HAHAHAHAA!!! Boy was I STUPID! The truck 
> gets me the 50+ miles down to the meet-up point, then, when we all go 
> to fire up our rides and line up, my battery's almost dead....hmmm, 
> that's odd, since I KNOW it was charging. Anyways, I *did* get it to 
> start, but then, during my visual inspection, I see the DAMNED 
> ALTERNATOR WIRING HARNESS BACKED ITSELF OUT OF THE ALTERNATOR!!!!! 
> ...thus, making me turn OFF the truck to plug it back in. Then, of 
> course, it *wouldn't* start, requiring me to get my dad to jump out of 
> line to come back and jump the truck.....
> 
> Heh, no wait, it gets better.....
> 
> So while I'm waiting to line up (water-cooled goes last since this was 
> originally "BUSES over the bridge"), I notice my temp climbing higher 
> and higher yet oddly, no fan kicking on.....so I turned off the truck. 
> Damned thermo-switch decided to take a *partial* crap on me, as it now 
> works when it feels like it. So I pulled the wire from the AC 
> compressor so I could manually activate the fan via the AC dash 
> controls. But not before my dad had to break line *again* to come back 
> to tell me that obvious solution to just get the damned thing rolling.
> 
> The truck is currently downstairs laughing at me....we'll see who's 
> laugh though when I come downstairs with an M80, a match, and an evil 
> grin.......
> 
> Dan Snow
> Tampa, FL
> '87 16v Scirocco (current Daily Driver)
> '87 16v Scirocco (about to be parted-out)
> '87 16v Scirocco (rear-end trailer)
> '82 DIESEL Scirocco (Thank GOD this car is running under

I know we have all had days like this, however this indeed sounds like this
pickup is crying out for help...  Sell it to me, and I will take care of it
for you...  :-)

I know how you feel, seriously.  If I were you, when you had a reasonably
good feeling about the truck (if that is possible), go out and look at it
very carefully.  I would imagine that if you did this with a clear frame of
mind, you might find some other issues with it that might slow you down
later on...  You might be suprised what you might find when you look for
trouble before it let's you know in a more obvious way...

I offer this because I have gotten some good counseling from other on the
list when I was very frustrated for this or that...  Take it easy Dan.  All
that truck wants is to be driven, and hard...  :-)

G/L w/it...

David

'83 GTI, Daily Driver...
'87 16V, parts car
'82 pickup, 2.0 16V, collecting dust...