List dead? NOW: DD's

[sukchew at suddenlink.net (Chuck Blue)]

I think you have to expose your babies to the hazzards out there or you 
can't really enjoy them.Rose has been totaled twice and she will soon be 
exposed to more of the Hazzards of the highway and weather.Rose is not a 
daily driver but is used enough that the batteries go dead on our other 
drivers.
ole blue
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Ruffi" <jimruffi@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Karl Krupke" <kkrup62@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "C Boyko" <roccit53@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 7:40 PM
Subject: RE: List dead? NOW: DD's


> Cathy and Karl:
> (sorry about the delayed response)
> I agree with you both on this.  I drove my 85 beater (no longer have) to
> Cincy, '06 and it was a blast.  No worries, just Scirocco fun.  Likewise
> with the 4 or 5 beat up MKIs I've owned over the years.
>
> I just can't bring myself to take a really nice one and expose it to the
> elements and hazards out there.  Things were different for me 20 years 
> ago,
> but not that much.  There were more Sciroccos and they were going to last
> longer, but I still liked a shiny, clean one!  I've watched the numbers
> dwindle down so much over the years; every one is a treasure to me.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Krupke [mailto:kkrup62@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 7:03 AM
> To: C Boyko; Jim Ruffi
> Cc: scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: WAS: List dead? NOW: DD's
>
>
> Hi Jim,
>    Slow to respond, sorry. I'm trying to get caught up here.
>    I have to agree with Cathy on this; with an '84, two '81s and a '79 in
> the works, I still don't have a perfect, pristine, cherry Scirocco. And 
> I'm
> OK with that.
>    My first Scirocco was a '79 bought in about 1984 or so, I think I put
> about 120- 130k on that car before I sold it. Always enjoyable to drive,
> almost always reliable; I still kick myself for selling it.
>    Now that I'm back in Scirocco World, I like having cars that I don't
> have to stress about... I'll be "restoring" two of the Mk1's and will
> certainly maintain them as well as possible, but I think I'd be afraid to
> drive something that I've got $25- 30k or so sunk into. Just waiting for 
> the
> first scratch or door ding, some moron in an SUV parking by ear...
>    If I stumble across a 'mint' Mk1 and can afford it of course I'll jump
> all over it, but on the stuff I've got I can drive them without breaking 
> out
> in a cold sweat every time I see "Student Driver" in my rearview mirror.
>
> Karl
>
>> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:09:23 -0500
>> From: roccit53@xxxxxxxxx
>> To: jimruffi@xxxxxxxxx
>> CC: scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: List dead? ? ?
>>
>> JIM!!!!! Life's too short not to drive Sciroccos!!
>
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