Re: My Luck With VWs Sucks and so does DC

[Eric Bosco <ebosco@aol.net>]

Or buy an Urban assault vehicle. Moved out to DC a year ago and realized that
if I wanted to make it around the city alive I needed something beefier than 
my jetta or my wife's civic. So we got my wife a '97 Jeep Cherokee (XJ). I 
laugh at potholes now...

- -Eric

> 
> Hi All,
>       Last week it was the attempted theft of my Corrado. Tonight it was an
> exposed pipelid on a stripped portion of Mass Ave in DC. I now have one
> bent rim on my car. Kind of blows. I may have two bent rims as both hit it,
> but one went flat immediately. Nothing like swapping onto the donut in
> downtown DC in the dark. That is the last time I cut through downtown DC at
> night.
>       On top of that while swapping the spare to the back and the donut up
> front, the jack slipped and the  car landed on the rotor which landed on
> the inside of the bent rim and scratched it good. Do you think this will
> effect the structural integrity of the rim or the rotor. I didn't hear any
> rubbing when I drove it tonight.
>       Anyway tomorrow I limp home to PA on my donut to swap back on my old BBS
> rims and Yokohomas I was saving for spring. That's a fat $130 to get the
> rim repaired on top of the $912 estimate to repair the Corrado damage from
> last weekend. 
>       Oh yeah, I stepped in dog shit on my way into the apartment building too. 
>       If anyone has a '96 or '97 GTI rim (5-spoke Pinninfarina) they want to
> unload for $100 or less in good shape let me know. My luck can only get
> better right?-G
> 
> PS Hey Dean I just might get a garage and move out of DC after these last
> two weeks
> 
> PSS VR6 Badges for '96 Honda Prelude 4 Sale (I painted them purple but it
> looks pretty good).
> 
> 


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