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scirocco in novel

LOL!
The author must own one if the A/C does not work!



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




>From: "matt" <matt@safearmy.com>
>Reply-To: matt <matt@safearmy.com>
>To: "scirocco-l@scirocco.org" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: scirocco in novel
>Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:32:19 +0000
>
>Here is what someone posted on a local VW board:
>
>This may not be very interesting, but I found the description funny. I'm 
>reading a book called A Death in Vienna, by Daniel Silva. It's basically an 
>spy/espionage book. Here is an paragraph about half way through the book.
>Notice the spelling...
>
>"Alfonzo Ramirez drove the last surviving Volkswagen Sirocco in the western 
>hemisphere. It might have been dark blue once; now the exterior had faded 
>to the color of pumice. The windshield had a crack down the center that 
>looked like a bolt of lightning. Gabriel's door was bashed in, and it 
>required much of his depleted reservoir of strength to pry it open. The air 
>conditioner no longer worked, and the engine roared like a prop plane."
>
>
>
>Matt
>1981 Mars Red
>1984 Wolfsburg
>1987 8v Auto
>Louisville, KY
>
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