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Balls. Sciroccos Impounded. (Paging MD area listers?)



Well, I bailed.
This project is more than I would have time for.  I only hope Matt M. or
someone else on here picks this up!

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Greg Pallett [mailto:greg.rocco@xxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 4:21 PM
>To: GGehrke
>Cc: Scirocco list
>Subject: Re: Balls. Sciroccos Impounded. (Paging MD area listers?)
>
>
>Damn.  Actually, double damn!
>Damn that it happened to you.
>Damn that I just bought that 82 project!
>
>Lemme think on this one and see if there's a way I can lend a hand.
>
>GP
>
>
>On 11/5/07, GGehrke <ggehrke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> So my Sciroccos have been sitting in a parking lot for the last - eh -
>> about two years now.  As far as I can figure I wasn't really SUPPOSED
>> to leave them there, but it wasn't exactly illegal either.  (It's on a
>> Navy base and was a legit long term parking area, though I heard that
>> they recently changed that policy)  I was hoping that this past summer
>> I would have a chance to haul at least one of them off to the junk
>> yard.  Didn't happen, so I was going to try to get it done in December
>> instead.  For the time being, though, I was going to leave them
>> sitting there with my fingers crossed that nothing would happen
>> because they're in Maryland and I'm in California and I don't have a
>> lot of options.
>>
>> Well my parents got a letter today that they've been removed and
>> impounded.  Damn.
>>
>> I don't really know what to do.  Apparently I can sign a release that
>> lets them junk the car(s).  I'm really not clear, though, if both cars
>> were towed or what happened exactly.  I was there for the weekend
>> about a month ago and the cover had been stolen off one of them and it
>> looked as though someone had tried to break in unsuccessfully (as
>> though it were difficult to break into a Scirocco) so I don't know if
>> maybe something more happened with that...  I really don't want to
>> junk the nicer blue one, especially since it has nice wheels and other
>> valuable parts including some stuff in the hatch - not to mention I
>> hauled it back from Nevada because of it's lack of rust.
>>
>> Maybe Brian McGarvey or one of the other MD area listers can help out?
>> If nothing else I'd like to see the cars parted.  They're currently
>> in Annapolis.  I'm sure there is an impound fee, so maybe if someone
>> is willing to go pick them up and pay the fee I'll sign the title
>> over.  They don't currently run and I can give more details if anyone
>> thinks they can help...
>>
>> -Grant-
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