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Ever dream about Sciroccos?



We all know you were dreaming about me.

On 8/14/05, Mike Smith <smithma7@gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> I had 2 or 3 Cincy/Scirocco related dreams last year right after I got
> home from my first Cincy.
> 
> On 8/14/05, Jim Ruffi <sciroccos@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Well, it has been a tough week. I worked all week and played (drums) 5
> > shows, two of which were outdoors in 95 degree/80 percent humidity 
> weather,
> > so I was shot when I hit the pillow last night.
> >
> > I usually don't dream or at least remember my dreams, but this one 
> seemed to
> > come right before I woke:
> >
> > I was in some VW facility in present-day Germany, perhaps an engineering
> > shop and spotted a Scirocco. It was a MKII, sporting slightly rounded
> > ground effects, along the lines of the BBS kit. It featured two-tone 
> paint,
> > with the body kit an off-white/tan pearl and the main body darkish brown
> > metallic. The paint was shiny and I guess I assumed this was a leftover
> > prototype of some sort. There were folks there, be they didn't mind my
> > looking the car over. I can only remember starting at the rear - there 
> was
> > some sort of fitting, like a very small trailer hitch box receiver that
> > caught my attention. I knelt down to take a closer look and found the
> > fitting to be the end of some sort of reinforcing bar. It was then that 
> I
> > noticed the REAR DIFFERENTIAL!
> >
> > Actually, it was more like a transaxle, along the lines of a 924/944. It
> > was then that I must've realized this was a prototype Scirocco Synchro! 
> I
> > got really excited, leapt to my feet to check the odometer, while
> > simultaneously making an offer to the people in the shop to buy the 
> unique
> > and pristine car. The odo read 32,000 (km's, of course)....
> >
> > ...then I woke up. Bummer.
> >
> > This is consistent with every good dream I've had...I wake up before it 
> gets
> > really good.
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > Ever have one of these? I'd love to hear about it.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
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> 
> --
> Mike
> '86 red 16v (Red 5)
> 
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