The Official Scirocco Chit Chat Thread!

[TBerk]

We ARE still going to Cincy though, no matter what.

Oz: We should figure out what kinda deal this is. I mean, is it a-a gathering, a shindig or a hootenanny?

Cordelia: What's the difference?

Oz: Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage; and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.

[StaHiMooney]

Bazinga.

[crazyaboutrocs]

We're late leaving for Cincy, but part of it is our putting the "Down East Roof" on our house. The only thing different than the real Down East Roof is I don't have tires weighing it down.

[StaHiMooney]

Bazinga

[TBerk]

I'm thinking of making this picture my desktop background...

http://thegeekrebellion.com/wp-conte...119-070133.jpg

But really though, I was interested in this local Craig's List listing for a $500 MkII;

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ORS:1123#v4-41

1985, (I could almost smell the 'old VW Car Smell' from the interior shots...).

If I had the funds I buy it and make it a daily driver, w/ benefits.

[punchbug]

Well folks, here are the sad facts.
1. I am somewhere.
2. When I arrived, I immediately hopped in the backseat of a nice old V tail Bonanza, with a fellow 16V driver at the helm. note I did not mention the word Scirocco, but the 16v in question is NOT a Scirocco, but it DOES have a soft top.
3. I returned by ground, quite low actually, in a TDI Corrado. Which I got the keys to.....
4. I love this place!

See you folks SOOOO soon, wel, some of you anyway. And I have a cat.....

[vwdaun]

Well folks, here are the sad facts.
1. I am somewhere.
2. When I arrived, I immediately hopped in the backseat of a nice old V tail Bonanza, with a fellow 16V driver at the helm. note I did not mention the word Scirocco, but the 16v in question is NOT a Scirocco, but it DOES have a soft top.
3. I returned by ground, quite low actually, in a TDI Corrado. Which I got the keys to.....
4. I love this place!

See you folks SOOOO soon, wel, some of you anyway. And I have a cat.....

Cincy. The place where dreams come true.

[California 16v]

Well folks, here are the sad facts.
1. I am somewhere.
2. When I arrived, I immediately hopped in the backseat of a nice old V tail Bonanza, with a fellow 16V driver at the helm. note I did not mention the word Scirocco, but the 16v in question is NOT a Scirocco, but it DOES have a soft top.
3. I returned by ground, quite low actually, in a TDI Corrado. Which I got the keys to.....
4. I love this place!

See you folks SOOOO soon, wel, some of you anyway. And I have a cat.....

Cincy. The place where dreams come true.

Awesome story Cathy

I will be there in my 78 Team Andy scirocco this afternoon

[Neptuno]

Awesome story Cathy

I will be there in my 78 Team Andy scirocco this afternoon

This sucks I have to wait until lunch tomorrow to be there......

[California 16v]

This sucks I have to wait until lunch tomorrow to be there......

Tony what happened

[Neptuno]

Tony what happened

oh nothing it has been my plan all along. It is a short cincy for me this year...So much going on that I had only planned in being there Saturday/sunday

[California 16v]

Glad that it is not the rain here in Ohio ... keeping you away from Cincy

[Neptuno]

Glad that it is not the rain here in Ohio ... keeping you away from Cincy

Nope, we have it up here in A2 michigan

[StaHiMooney]

Bazinga...


Tow Truck

[tmechanic]

I plan on coming down tomorrow, still in Auburn Hills so it's a short trip.

[Neptuno]

I plan on coming down tomorrow, still in Auburn Hills so it's a short trip.

Im leaving A2 at 7:30 am

[85roccoZ400]

Hope everyone has a good weekend out in Cincy.

[tmechanic]

Im leaving A2 at 7:30 am

Want to meet up somewhere and caravan down?

[vwdaun]

Bazinga...


Tow Truck

So far that makes two.

[Eistreiber]

Cincy was over only today, and already this thread has slipped to page two?

I don't think so.

[TBerk]

Cincy was over only today, and already this thread has slipped to page two?

I don't think so.

Dude, I can only bail so hard...

Today I was up at o'Dark-thirty and out the door and ended up in Berkeley, CA helping to 'strike a set', in the parlance.

We packed up about a Ton of rubber coated, copper cable. (I am going to feel it in two days....)

Truth be told I much rather be bench pressing 5 speed transaxles...

[punchbug]

Cincy was over only today, and already this thread has slipped to page two?

I don't think so.

I was sort of DRIVING....which will fall on deaf ears since you're likely are still on the road. I sort of am too, I am at Drew's and my car has decided that it wants to be a sculpture in his driveway. departure will be slightly delayed due to that. I DO have a new battery to give her inspiration. Likely yet another fail mode of that stupid blue wire.....it has been replaced, respliced, reconnected....and this really smacks of yet another failing.

GAAAHHHHH!!! SEnding this,,,just got a big dog and a huge cat dumped on my lap!!!!!!!

[Eistreiber]

... GAAAHHHHH!!! SEnding this,,,just got a big dog and a huge cat dumped on my lap!!!!!!!

What, the dog is friendly but the cat isn't litter-box trained? If the dog also dumped on you... well, it's a bad night. [punctuation counts, you Eng-rish teacher you].

[TBerk]

When the Gods of Electron are pleased with your life, they have a habit of interrupting the flow. So to speak.

Let us have some difficulties to overcome, hence the good Times taste all the sweeter.

And while yer at it, it wouldn't hurt to recondition the main grounding points up front. I mean, you know...

[punchbug]

What, the dog is friendly but the cat isn't litter-box trained? If the dog also dumped on you... well, it's a bad night. [punctuation counts, you Eng-rish teacher you].

Although I was a teacher, I was not a teacher of English....and for the record, my grammar declined significantly as I taught the young-uns. my French is worse, and I have trouble even reading Mohawk correctly aloud from print. I AM getting better at the last of those.....OTOH, my rough translations of Latin names are pretty decent.

Okay, I have some photos to weed through....which takes FOREVER! And Julie, did you find your cookies, or did they vanish again?

[tmechanic]

Post Cincy depression is setting in.

[Neptuno]

Post Cincy depression is setting in.

I'm feeling fat in my red cincy shirt......crap I'm feeling fat
Im trying to deal with my lack of cincy adrenaline.....I guess the selling-home buying, cleaning garage, ending my, and moving adrenaline will have to take over again.

[punchbug]

Well, I am just plain lazy today, not so much PCD as exhaustion. mind you, at this time of year, night flying gets pretty late (but I got to see Venus before sunset, and a big red moonrise from the air, which was WAY cool, and a bit distracting...), next time out will get me home at about 1:30 am. I had relatives down yesterday too, so that kept me busy. I posted pics in the other thread if you are bored....

Tony, you at very sexy, no worries.

[vwdamnitchris]

Damn it chris is suffering dearly from PCD. Plus trying to find a scirocco before the 2013 cincy is not helping matters. I will not be caught with out a scirocco of my own at cincy again. Lol

Damnit chris

[8716vrocco]

So a couple of weeks ago I got a promotion at work. Job title and what I do is unchanged (Auto Tech for Toyota) but I have been moved up to the morning shift, pretty big deal for me personally. I used to work 4pm to midnight, now switched to 8am to 4pm.

Now I have a old Celica that's in great shape for my daily. Like every car with the exception of my beater Corolla it has a manual trans. Never bothered me before since I was on nights so traffic was nonexistent. Big difference now, it's awful to daily this thing. Keep in mind I live in Chicago so traffic is pretty bad.

Working for Toyota there is a great new option for a cheaper car, the Prius C. Say what you want about hybrids but they are bullet proof and get superb milage. As much as I would love to get a new VW I could never bring myself to get one auto, especially if I went with a diesel. I have been torn for a few years on what my new daily would be and it looks like this will be my best option. It drives great, small hatchback so it's versatile and roomy for such a small car. Being rated at 53mpg helps a bit too, I have read it gets much better then that too when driven correctly.

Hopefully later this year I can get myself to buy one, I don't know how long I can take this stop and go stuff with a clutch. Thanks for reading if you actually made it through

[scirocco*joe]

Working for Toyota there is a great new option for a cheaper car, the Prius C. Say what you want about hybrids but they are bullet proof and blah blah blah

You will regret NOT buying a VW diesel! I know because I bought one. And I would be lost without it.

[Michael Bee]

He will not regret it.

right?

[punchbug]

He will not regret it.

right?

What's to regret? I have been dailying one since 1987. As a bonus prize, I made a really good friend because of one. No regrets here...oh, by the way, that has been only two cars since 1987.....and I still have the 87.......

[OSLer]

Working for Toyota there is a great new option for a cheaper car, the Prius C. Say what you want about hybrids but they are bullet proof and get superb milage.

Buy it.

[Lord_Verminaard]

I had no idea I would love my TDI as much as I do. No regrets here! Even if it is a Beetle!

In other news, PCD is setting in. But also has provided me with some motivation and I am making some gears turn in my Scirocco project. Already started some "plans" in motion. Muahahaha-type plans at that. Somebody buy my CQ dammit!



Brendan