scirocco in novel

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

'78 and '79's did, but I have a hard time imagining it could fade _that_ 
much!  :)

JT
> Did Sciroccos ever come in dark blue?
> 
> --- matt <matt@safearmy.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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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