Date:         Mon, 31 Jul 2000 23:32:07 PDT
Reply-To:     Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
Subject:      Re: The writings of Gene Berg and ETC.
Comments: To: ChrisS@informs.com
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These people just want what VW is currently giving Vanagon buyers in SA.
Thats understandable.... but really that means going 5 cylinder... SA is no
longer using the inline 4 in Vanagons


>From: Chris Stann <ChrisS@informs.com>
>Reply-To: Chris Stann <ChrisS@informs.com>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: The writings of Gene Berg and ETC.
>Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 00:30:52 -0500
>
> > the issue is simple, do I
> > want a van that will climb the grade from Ventura to Thousand Oaks on
> > Highway 101 without having to stay in the slow lane in 2nd gear or
> > take the drive from Estes Park to I 70 in Colorado? Yes
>
>Perhaps another van is the answer?  Say, an Aerostar or an Astro?  Toyota
>or
>Honda?
>
>Every older VW has its idiosyncrasies.  Its quirks and familiar quibbles.
>It's part of the vehicle's charm.  Part of it is the fact that it doesn't
>go
>as fast as the modern machinery.  Just as the Beetle's heating system tends
>to be somewhat underwhelming, so is our Westy's power.  We're driving
>15-year old relics so let's not beat them to death with complaints about
>their shortcomings.  So they need more power.  But we knew that when we
>bought them.  Didn't we?  Yes, I do at times wish it would go faster, but
>then I just sit back and smile because I am having fun!  I know I'll be
>passing them again on the way down.  And the next downhill... and the
>next...
>
>Can anything newer match the Vanagon's charm?  I don't think we would have
>bought them if they were as sterile as, well, a Honda?
>
>EIEIO

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