Re: That Scirocco feeling wuz Julie's

["Brian Haygood" <haygood@myway.com>]

Patrick is totally right.  These cars aren't worth jack. That's why I own one.  As much as I'd rather have a '72 Porsche or something, I don't because Sciroccos are cheap and as much fun to drive (I imagine its close anyway), just not as much to look at.  Parting cars almost always makes more money than selling them - it's just a question of whether the trouble is worth it to you. As for my car, its rough, drives great and I've put about 3500 into it total for almost 5 years.  That has kept a lot of miles off of my other cars, and allowed us to sell our GTI many months before we bought its replacement, which alone saved me over $2000.  When someone like our dear Mr. Ables throws 30 grand at one over a couple of years I get kinda confused, but whatever.



However, Julie was dead wrong.  We will not love Patrick anyway.  JK.



Brian





--- On Wed 02/23, Dan Bubb < jdbubb@ix.netcom.com > wrote:

From: Dan Bubb [mailto: jdbubb@ix.netcom.com]

To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 07:23:02 -0500

Subject: Re: That Scirocco feeling wuz Julie's



Man! Somebody's got to bust your chops! But it isn't going to be me.<br>Scirocco's are fun to drive. If they're well maintained. My 84 that I've owned off the showroom <br>floor is fun. The 16V that I bought and resurected is my DD and is just barely liveable. It runs <br>well, but there are still so many things wrong with it.<br><br>Over 20 years the total amount of money I've put into the 84, purchase price, interest on the loan, <br>gas, insurance, upgrades, everything, is over $50K. But it's got over 250K miles on it so that's <br>only $.20/mile. Not bad, and I get to do all sorts of neat modifications to it.<br><br>All I can say is, I can't stop tinkering or wanting to try this or that, and the Scirocco is a good <br>car for that. (turbo, turbo, turbo....)<br><br>But, sometimes they're just a huge pain in the ass, all the time and effort, and you just want to <br>have a car that you can drive that's comfortable and a little sporty.<br><br>That's what my A4 is for ;^)<br
> Dan<br><br><br>Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 5:54 AM<br>Subject: RE: That Scirocco feeling wuz Julie's<br><br><br>>I know that by replying, what is my opinion I will get a severe burn-mail,<br>> but since you are all wallowing in your own love for sciroccos, I guess that<br>> will make me the devil's advocate.<br>><br>> 1. I love scirocco's<br>> 2. I still have two scirocco's<br>> 3. I prefer the comfort of my 2001 Jeep Cherokee to drive everyday to work<br>> than to drive the scirocco<br>> 4. If the scirocco got in an accident and there was a salvageable part, the<br>> car would be parted.<br>> 5. I have, personally invested 7K on "prowler", and what did I get in the<br>> end, an old car, truly fun car to have, but not worth the money invested in<br>> it. The book value and fair market resale value are rarely over 1500, lets<br>> admit it all together, owner of scirocco's are primo-cheapo-asses.<br>><br>> Did I enjoy working on the scirocco, of course I did, we all hav
e, tinkering<br>> with an old car is the thing that is in our blood.<br>><br>> Will it kill me when I start dismantling both scirocco's I have sitting in<br>> my yard, no, probably for the only reason that people are too cheap to just<br>> buy it whole for the real value of it, but prefer to buy parts on eBay for a<br>> total value in parts worth twice the original "complete car price"... go<br>> figure.<br>><br>> Would I do it again with another scirocco, nope, they will never attain a<br>> "classic car" status, I think I will start saving my money, drive my jeep<br>> and find myself a nice old 1964 Mustang to restore ';)<br>><br>> Flame away, see if I care :)<br>><br>> ---<br>> Patrick Bureau - patrick.bureau@gmail.com<br>><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org<br>> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Brian Haygood<br>> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 12:32 AM<br>> To: juliemac57@hotmail.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org<
br>> Subject: That Scirocco feeling wuz Julie's<br>><br>><br>> To me its about the age-old idea of making something yours by toiling on it.<br>> This used to be one way of determining land ownership.  If you had worked<br>> the land, then it was yours.  One thing I secretly dislike about new cars is<br>> that they don't need me.  That and they all weight 50% more than our cars do<br>> and other stuff like that.  I know I'm supposed to be able to walk away from<br>> my Scirocco if circumstances make it more financially reasonably, or<br>> something like that. Somehow that's just not how folks like us are wired, I<br>> suppose.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Brian<br>><br>><br>><br>> --- On Tue 02/22, Julie Macfarlane < juliemac57@hotmail.com > wrote:<br>><br>> From: Julie Macfarlane [mailto: juliemac57@hotmail.com]<br>><br>> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>><br>> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:43:32 +0000<br>><br>> Subject: Julie's update<br>><br>><br>><br>> I would like to thank all those who
offered help, machine guns, parts, high<br>> <br>explosive (thanks Jim) and words of advice.<br><br>Thank you.<br><br>My<br>> girl frien
d (female friend only) told me just to take the money and run.<br>> <br>The car was a piece of s**t, not worth the time or the effort. I have<br>> known <br>her for a long time. but this really hurt.<br><br>How do you<br>> explain people like you? I stumbled across the list by accident, <br>and<br>> never been happier than when knowing people like you.<br>If it were a toss<br>> up between the list and Jennifer? Sorry Jen....<br><br>Draco will rise from<br>> the ashes!<br><br><br>Julie Macfarlane<br>"Its not just a car! Its an<br>> adventure!"<br>1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y<br>Amsterdam<br>> NY<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Scirocc<br>> o-l mailing<br>> list<br>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/sci<br>> rocco-l<br><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.<br>> Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com<br>><br>> __________________________________
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