[s-cars] NAC: He Said "Scirocco!"

[mtgadbois at aol.com]

 Larry, 

The design flaw was that VW replaced a cir-clip in the transmission with a pop-rivit.? Either of them was to hold in a set of
gears on a shaft.? What happens is that the pop rivit wears down and the gears slide off the shaft and through the tranny case.
In my case, I complained to the zone rep (44K miles) and VW paid for 1/2 of the cost.? My job was originally quoted at $3K.? 
When VW entered the picture the prices fell to VW rates, namely $2200.? My cost was 1/2 or $1100. I guess the prices are higher in
Chicago but this was 1986!? With this level of design expertice at VW I decided to no longer buy their products.? BTW, this type
of problem was documented in European Car Magazine in the 1980's. 

Mark near Chicago 


 


 

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From: LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>
To: mtgadbois at aol.com <mtgadbois at aol.com>
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Sent: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:36 am
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I too had an A2 GTi, which ate it's tranny. Turns out that was a design
flaw that VW sort of half covered (gave me $500 towards an $1100
rebuild) at 50K miles. Other than that, the car was (reasonably, yeah,
there were broken plastic bits) durable right up until a storm felled
tree landed on it 14 yrs and 110K heavily autocrossed miles later. If
Paulie does post contact info, I'm actually half serious. $800 for that
sort of raw fun (not too mention 87 octane mid-high 20 MPG flailing it
as hard as you can) works for me. 



LL - NY


On 11/29/08, mtgadbois at aol.com <mtgadbois at aol.com> wrote:


 To you buyers,
 
 This thread does not seem to die so I'll add my 2 cents.
 
 I, too, had a 1981 Scirocco S, white with red interior.
 It was a bucket of rust. I bought it new and sold it in
 1986 to get a new GTI.??The GTI ate its tranny and that

 was the last time I ever looked at owning a VW. Both cars
 were a lot of fun but hardly durable.
 
 Mark near Chicago
 
 
 
 Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:12:32 -0800
 From: "Jack Walker" <jack at walkerperformancegroup.com>

 Subject: Re: [s-cars] NAC: He Said "Scirocco!"
 To: "'Ben Swann'" <benswann at verizon.net>, <pkrasusky at ups.com>,

????<robert.rossato at hs.utc.com>, <larrycleung at gmail.com>
 Cc: krasusky4 at comcast.net, s-car-list at audifans.com

 
 
 I had a 81 Red S, too.
 Loved it until I totaled it on a long left hand sweeper and
 sneezed...drifted into the gravel on the right hand side, over corrected and
 it spun backwards into a ditch on the opposite side

 
 There seems to still be some running in some of the SCCA classes?
 
 Jack Walker
 
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 [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Ben Swann
 Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 11:23 AM
 To: pkrasusky at ups.com; robert.rossato at hs.utc.com; larrycleung at gmail.com

 Cc: krasusky4 at comcast.net; s-car-list at audifans.com
 Subject: [s-cars] NAC: He Said "Scirocco!"
 
 
 Hey, where is this 'rocco???I want in on the bidding war!

 
 To this day can't believe I sold my '81 sidwinder "S" in 1992??for $1k and a
 cell phone
 I never used.??Anyone want a cell phone - you know the 5 lb Motorola jobbie?
 
 Ben
 
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