Bra on Tony's Scirocco
Paul@VWVotex gave me a bra in Arizona, but I couldn’t use it because I don’t have the correct bumper. But Tony does!!! It’s rather nice, I think!!
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Tony's Garage
Tony invited all the area VW people out to his garage…. and ALL of them came!!! It was rainy, but we made the best of it. It was great to meet all of you! I was too tired to last past 10:30pm, but the fun lasted to 1:30 in the morning.
I drove echassin’s Honda Spree around the block one more time, it was fun!
It’s raining. A lot. The highway was flooded. Westbound was closed, our side had to go around the flood. BAD!!
Anyway, I’m at the Capitol now, took my picture, and I’m on my way to Tony (Neptuno on VWVortex)’s place
We visited Chris (Fein1 on VWVortex) – he has a Panama Brown 77 rabbit with a 16v. It’s a very cool car. The wheels are ATS Classics, the tires are Sumitomo HTR200s, the same tires that I use (in a very different size though)
We drove downtown to get some pictures of the skyline of Chicago. But the buildings were hiding in the clouds! But this spot would make for a GREAT car picture on a sunny day!
The least expensive fuel of the entire trip was near Blaine, MN – it was 3.42 per gallon for regular. Konomi bought me that tank of fuel! Thanks!
The most expensive fuel of the entire trip had been the 4.12 I paid at the station near my house in Philadelphia, but it was beaten this last tank. This time it was 4.14 near Chicago – thanks to echassin for this tank!
Here’s an insane Scirocco racecar. Craig’s Scirocco is a 2.0L 16v bottom with an 8v top and a large cam. Muahaahaha!
We started putting back together Eric’s spare transmission for fun. Eric happens to have a BOSCH oven!
Then we worked on Eric’s new FREE Honda Spree! It’s from 1986, has 1500 miles, and needed the carb to be cleaned up a bit. By nightfall, we were buzzing about the neighborhood!
Eric has 3 VWs with the ATS Cup wheels on them. From the $400 Cabriolet, to the perfect GTI, to the mythical Scirocco that has been amazingly rolled out on to the driveway for my honor! 
Met up with meanvw to have lunch. Had THE CHEEF – it was HUGE. Then we went to the Jelly Belly warehouse. There was a “factory tour” – but it was really just riding around in the warehouse looking at TVs. But you can buy a bag full of ONLY RED JELLYBEANS!!! Muahhahaa, what could be more awesome!!
Then I fought Chicago traffic. Got on the Tri-State Tollway. It aparantly accepts PA Turnpike EZ-Pass – so I flew on through after the tollbooth lady said “YOU GOT I-PASS – GO GO GO!!!”
We went down to the Mall of America – a HUGE mall – four floors, and it has an amusement park inside!
