Sorta OT: A funny thing happened....

[fahrvegnugen at cox.net (David Utley)]

> 
> From: Ellen Northam <n3745n@yahoo.com>
> Date: 2005/05/10 Tue AM 09:53:56 EDT
> To: Tonee Northam <pb3vr6@yahoo.com>, 
> 	"scirocco-l@scirocco.org" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: Sorta OT: A funny thing happened....
> 
> Any Corrado advice would be appreciated:
> 
> After exiting the toll booth, I experienced a drastic decrease in
> power, the radio, however kept playing.  Fighting the urge to trim for
> best glide, I turned the ignition off and back on and was able to drive
> the rest of the way to work.  The volage indicated 12 and oil indicated
> 5.5 after the abnormality and for the rest of the 30 minute drive.  
> 
> Any ideas what this may have been, frankly it sounds electrical but
> this is to a dumb pilot.  Our mechanic has said that a new gasket is
> needed (Tonee remembers where, sorry I don't at the moment), but this
> doesn't sound related.
> 
> Ellen Northam
> '81 Scirocco RIP
> '93 Corrado SLC  FLY VR 6
> '00 GTI (DH's Toy) ORD VR 6

My guess would be the dreaded ignition switch failure (electrical portion)...

David

'83 GTI, Daily Driver...
'87 16V, parts car
'82 pickup, 2.0 16V, collecting dust...