List dead? NOW: DD's

[roccit53 at gmail.com (C Boyko)]

Rose is reclaimed salvage too eh? Maybe Inga's too good for him, and he
should be looking at someone "in his own class". LOL, I WISH Klaus was in
Rose's class. She's one sweet ride for salvage!
cathy

On Nov 29, 2007 7:31 AM, Chuck Blue <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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