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OutOfTheBox
Joined: 31 Mar 2006 Posts: 434
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:24 pm Post subject: OT: VW releases Scirocco replacement |
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Heres an interesting new vehicle.
http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news.php?newsId=4490
I used to own a MK1 Scirocco, that was race prepped.
The MK1 was lighter than the golf/rabbit, and had the same fuel injected motor.
If you can get hold of a MK1, and fit a 2 litre turbocharged motor, nothing will get near you.
I could lift mine up at the back, squat lift, clear 1 foot off the ground !!!!
I kick myself for selling it, had no idea how light it was, compared to other cars of this category. |
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Raceboy

Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 2327 Location: Estonia, Europe
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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Yew, but it has wrong wheel drive  _________________ '83 924 2.6 16v Turbo, 470hp
'67 911 2.4S hotrod
'90 944 S2 Cabriolet
'78 924 Carrera GT replica
'84 928 S, sold
'91 944 S2, sold
'82 924S/931 "Gulf", sold
'84 924, turbocharged, sold.
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OutOfTheBox
Joined: 31 Mar 2006 Posts: 434
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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yep, gotta fight the wheel, none of this one arm out the window rear wheel drive stuff  |
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torro

Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 61
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Are you sure it's not a Civic?  _________________ -=Torro=- |
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OutOfTheBox
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Are you sure it's not a Civic |
nope, the Europeans innovate the Japanese replicate |
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djeviltwin

Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 29 Location: Northern CA
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:52 am Post subject: |
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Love the Scirocco! Next summer I'm getting one froma friend who's moving out of state. It'll my "family car" while my 924 is "MY" car  _________________ 1982 924 ~pics coming.... soon |
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OutOfTheBox
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:03 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Next summer I'm getting one from a friend who's moving out of state |
lucky you !!! a mk1 or mk2 ? |
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djeviltwin

Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 29 Location: Northern CA
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:28 am Post subject: |
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I think it's a MK2 85? _________________ 1982 924 ~pics coming.... soon |
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Khal

Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Posts: 4872 Location: Sunny and lovely interior BC, Canada
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:38 am Post subject: |
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Looks like it came out the opposite end of this one...
It's also how the Touareg (which we know as the Cayenne) is made. _________________ '80 924 Turbo |
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djeviltwin

Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 29 Location: Northern CA
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:46 am Post subject: |
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LOL
I'm not to fond of the new ones....
Here in the US VW has the Touareg and Porsche has the Cayenne. Both are... well.... Les then the height of mechanical desirability _________________ 1982 924 ~pics coming.... soon |
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Khal

Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Posts: 4872 Location: Sunny and lovely interior BC, Canada
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:57 am Post subject: |
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| djeviltwin wrote: | | Both are... well.... Les then the height of mechanical desirability |
Yes. I guess it could be considered "innovative" to use dog sh*t as an engineering base... not necessarily good, though. _________________ '80 924 Turbo |
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timstar92404

Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 2075 Location: richmond BC
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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isn't the corrado the scirocco replacement? that looks nothing like a scirocco, looks like something from the fast and the furious. _________________ 78 924 sold.
85.5 944 |
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OutOfTheBox
Joined: 31 Mar 2006 Posts: 434
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Whats this, 924 reverse psychology ?
924 owners bitching out a VW because its not really a Porsche ?
| Quote: | | es. I guess it could be considered "innovative" to use dog sh*t as an engineering base... not necessarily good, though. |
about as innovative as using a whole continent as penal colony(base), you should be thankful your not driving a wheelbarrow, to carry around your ball and chain  |
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Khal

Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Posts: 4872 Location: Sunny and lovely interior BC, Canada
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| OutOfTheBox wrote: | Whats this, 924 reverse psychology ?
924 owners bitching out a VW because its not really a Porsche ? |
The gayenne is just a waste of space (and a considerable amount of other resources).
| OutOfTheBox wrote: | | Quote: | | es. I guess it could be considered "innovative" to use dog sh*t as an engineering base... not necessarily good, though. |
about as innovative as using a whole continent as penal colony(base), you should be thankful your not driving a wheelbarrow, to carry around your ball and chain  |
OK, that doesn't make a whole lot of sense..? I was being sarcastic, in case you didn't notice. On the other hand, it was pretty innovative to use an island as a penal colony.
Sticking a Porsche badge on a VW truck is boring... at best.
Boring like that green thing at the top of the page. _________________ '80 924 Turbo |
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Aussie931

Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 55 Location: Canberra
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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Ball & Chain! Wheelbarrows!
No wonder none of us down here like yanks! _________________ 1979 Series 1 924 turbo |
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