OT:RE: My Waterfest Story - long, even for me.....

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

You know, I was feeling sorry for my self and car this weekend, having to 
fix a fuel leak and bad electrical connection.
I was thinking of getting a newer car, one that runs when you need it to, 
one that mechs do the work under warranty.
Then I read Caths post. Hey, my cars not THAT bad after all!

Thanks Cath  :)



Julie Macfarlane
"Its not just a car! Its an adventure!"
1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
Amsterdam NY




>From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
>Reply-To: roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: My Waterfest Story - long, even for me.....
>Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:41:06 -0400
>
>Waterfest and I have a long history of disaster. I'll divide this up, you
>can delete the next ones if you like....but you may want to read on...
>
>Friday: My son Adam and his girlfriend Paula rolled out at 5 am after
>weâ??d all had minimal sleep, it had been hot and humid. We were planning
>to take four cars, but had decided to leave the Cabby home. Adamâ??s 87
>Jetta turbo diesel (on air bags/ sparkly paint, etc) had sheared a wheel
>stud and blown a brake line in the week before the trip, that had been
>fixed, so it was good to go. Denny and I rolled out at 7 am with the 87 16V
>and the 99 NewBeetle, both of which had seen lots of road time and had been
>prepped for the trip (including a last minute replacement of the starter
>bolt the 16V decided she no longer needed, sheâ??s into â??self
>lighteningâ?? this year). 5 minutes out, we got a call from Adam. He was
>getting  towed to a Walmart, and needed a battery and a fuel filter. Two
>Canadian Tires later, we were "provisioned up" and met him in Batavia. It
>had taken Adam 2 hours to get there, it took us four and a half.  He and
>Paula had set up a nice encampment in an abandoned corner of the parking
>lot, and he quickly installed the parts and tested it out, it had been
>stalling on bumps and hard turns.  It seemed fine, but by now the nice
>Walmart greeter had notified the local authorities, and no amount of
>explaining the situation would change his mind, he was a real jerk. He had
>the manager, and a few other Walmartians to help him deal with scary me. I
>was in â??pissed off motherâ?? mode, a force to be reckoned with no doubt.
>The car seemed fine so we headed out before the cops got there.
>
>About 200 miles down the road (including the obligatory rain), the Jetta
>decided to shut itself off, several times. We hit the nearest exit, camped
>out in an abandoned parking lot for a while to let it cool down, then
>figured we should check out safe havens. Adam was all set to drive it
>towards Waterfest till it really died, but I pointed out that an injection
>pump (Adam's most likely suspect) was going to be hard to locate and
>impossible to install without the tools to time it, so adding miles to the
>potentially expensive  tow likely wasnâ??t best. (Iâ??d also suggested that
>it sounded like an electrical issue, but what do I know?)  He wanted it in
>an impound, and that would add to the expense, so we headed for the local
>VW dealer to see what they had to offer. They were closed, so the car ended
>up in the Chev dealership next door for the weekend. We repacked three cars
>into two, including the two extra people, and headed for Jersey. Weâ??d
>changed hotels at the last minute, so we â??cruisedâ?? around a â??really
>nice areaâ?? where ornamental iron was more than just a fashion statement,
>and I saw one nice young man â??going through his purseâ??, much to the
>dismay of itâ??s PO Iâ??m sure. Yeah, not the best place to be with out of
>state/country plates. Denny was leading the way, and we spent 45 minutes
>trying to find the motel. The only bright spot was the number of railway
>trellises, nice for 6000+ rpm blasts with the window down! At midnight we
>finally located the hotel (not one of the â??officialâ?? ones), after 18.5
>hours for Adam, 16.5 for us, normally an 8 hour trip.
>
>I heard the call of nature, and as I passed through the self opening lobby
>doors, at that exact moment, the fire alarm went off.  Not wanting to die
>with a full bladder, I forged on ahead, LMAO, and we hung around in the
>parking lot for a while to watch the evacuation, and the pretty lights on
>the fire trucks. Yep, I had arrived at Waterfest.
>
>Not wanting to waste valuable time, we headed out to find burnouts and
>general nonsense, but none were to be found. We were assured by many that
>such things were going on at â??the Canadian Embassyâ?? (aka Hotel #1), but
>since the Waterfest printout was locked safely in the bay of a Chevy
>dealership many hours away, we had to wander about the other locked down
>parking lots, admiring all the pretty police cars and VWs, and listening to
>folklore about twin engined Sciroccos killing asphalt in some other place.
>Sigh.
>
>That was Friday. I love Waterfest.
>
>There will be more, delete if you wish. Please note that my two cars ran
>beautifully for the whole trip down.....
>Cathy
>
>
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