Date:         Fri, 21 Jan 2000 02:38:51 -0800
Reply-To:     yahi <yahi@OLYPEN.COM>
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From:         yahi <yahi@OLYPEN.COM>
Subject:      VW Trends & Heresy
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Well, if you like vanagons, don't rush out and get the latest VW Trends.
Shame on them for featuring an article that thoroughly trashes vanagons
and this in an issue dedicated to "50 Years of the VW Bus". And get
ready it's all coming our way, since apparently ours is "a fabulous website
that can help you find the best conversion for you", engine conversions
that is. I didn't know that's what we are. Yes indeed get ready for threads
on how to stuff  V8's into your vanagon engine compartments or how
about advice on "ripping  out" the whole drivetrain in favor of a Porsche
911 SC/G50 setup. Afterall, what's a vanagon anyway?

Back to this article I just finished reading subtitled "A Ugly tale with
a Happy Ending", the happy ending being Eurospec's conversion which
the author oohs and ahhs over, which ironically according to the inset is
no longer available. Apparently, he was conflicted over whether to torch
his '91 Carat, shoot it or take a baseball bat to it but somehow exercised
enough restraint thanks to his wife, although she did give him the bat, to
opt for the "affordable" solution, a conversion for just under $5000. Wow
cheap. I realize now that this guy's problems with his vanagon are really
his problem. In other words he's the problem. Three blown head gaskets
in under 100k and disintegration of the vehicle as he terms it is a more a
testament to his driving or his inability to properly maintain his vehicle
not to mention his propensity for violent solutions. Of course his real
dream van as it turns out, is the Chevy Astro Van his dad lent him in
his hour of darkness for which he proclaims "Here is a vehicle any
monkey who took Autoshop 101 could completely rebuild from stem
to stem in less than a day......it filled the void in our lives so
completely we forgot all about the Vanagon". I love happy endings,
but hey don't rag on  monkeys!

still a vanagon
Yahi
'87 Syncro Westy
102,000mi