Realization of how long I've owned my car...

[robcalderwood1 at charter.net (Rob Calderwood)]

And I thought I had mine while. Purchased it new in Aug 1985. In 1979 I 
didn't have my license yet.
Rob

Chuck Blue wrote:
> Children,Children.
>  You people are making me feel bad.I bought my first Scirocco new in 
> 1979 and I am still driving it.It has been totaled twice and 
> resurrected twice.I had planned on keeping it stock but as you know it 
> has undergone a few modifications.I still love to drive that 
> car.Unless there is company to haul around in the "familiy" car the 
> Scirocco is the one that gets used.
>
> ole blue
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "ken weidmann" <glxtasy@hotmail.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 12:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Realization of how long I've owned my car...
>
>
>> Daun,
>> That's the best you can do? 9 years?
>> I don't have the plethora of rocco's that some of you guys have, but 
>> I've owend my 85 1/2 since early 1988. Bought it with right around 
>> 40k on it. The car is now over 200k. And that is with it being off 
>> the road now for a year and a half recently and also spending a lot 
>> of time sitting in the garage while I rotated driving all the cars.
>>
>> http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2578311
>>
>>
>> Kenneth Weidmann
>> 916-332-8504, 916-747-9827 (cel)
>> 2004 Cayenne Turbo
>> 2003 540it Sport
>> 1992 Mazda "Radio Flyer" B-2600
>> 1985 VW Show-rocco
>> 1957 356 a, 2nd owner, original family #100119
>>
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>> Message: 5
>> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 07:37:50 -0800 (PST)
>> From: Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: Realization of how long I've owned my car...
>> To: DAN <sciroccodriver@yahoo.com>, scirocco-L@scirocco.org
>> Message-ID: <207524.91114.qm@web52703.mail.yahoo.com>
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>> --- DAN <sciroccodriver@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> I realized
>>> yesterday that licensed drivers between 16 and 17 years
>>> old have actually been alive for less time than I've
>>> actually owned my Scirocco.  The real problem I'm having
>>> with that is that I don't feel old... despite having 3
>>> kids and working on my 2nd marriage.  ha.  Funny, isn't
>>> it?
>>
>> The Sciroccos keep us young.  Or at least young at heart.
>> :)
>>
>> How old were you when you bought that car?  I seem to
>> recall that we're exactly the same age (give or take a few
>> hours) so you had to have just started driving when you got
>> it, no?
>>
>> The ones I've had the longest are my white 16v from
>> 1998-present, and the '86, 1993-1996 and 2002-present.
>>
>>
>> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
>> '81 Scirocco S (Deiter)       '86 Scirocco 8v
>> '88 Scirocco Slegato (Gino!)  '88 Scirocco 16v
>> '96 Passat GLX Wagon          '56 Cessna 172
>> The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts - 
>> Ehrlich's
>> Law.
>>
>>
>>
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