Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 10:58:43 -0700
Reply-To: mike miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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From: mike miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagons At Burning Man 2000
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Glad you had a good time. Always meant to go, at least since I've heard of
it [not very long] but always have a seminar the Labor Day weekend. Oh,
Well.
That cutting out problem sounds familiar. It happened to me. Pattern was I
had to be a 100 miles plus from home [limits of my AAA tow insurance] and it
would hesitate, and do it enough to scare me, sometimes into thinking of
pulling over or going back. Then it would quit doing it and be fine. The
necessary trips got shorter and shorter, down to about 40-50 miles, same
symptoms. Then it quit doing it and it's never come back. I had done
nothing to the van.
The fox is a devious van.
Hope it keeps on not doing it. Maybe yours will do/not do the same thing.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "PSavage" <psavage@SABER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 9:04 AM
Subject: Vanagons At Burning Man 2000
> 'Morning Listees,
> This North Bay Burner is safely back in her cottage
> in the redwoods, & none the worse for wear.
> All coolant hoses & fuel lines held admirably for the
> trip from Northern CA to this years' BurningMan Festival
> in the desert 120 miles north of Reno, Nevada.
> Instead of extreme heat, which I was prepared for, the
> weather was cool & plagued by intense sand storms,
> which did little to dampen the spirits of determined
> Burners.
>
> Vanagons were everywhere to be seen in Black
> Rock City--this year's estimated population 25,000
> plus--& made up a notable percentage of those folks
> camped in my Alternative Energy "neighborhood"
> between Gut Alley & Sex Drive/ 4 to 4:30.
> Rumor has it there was a huge VW bus camp, but
> I never got out there, as I was on foot & didn't
> manage to see everything in the 6 square mile area.
>
> With nothing more than my little Solarex panel, I managed
> to keep my starting & aux batteries topped off,
> run my cabin lights, small battery charger, & download
> some great images from my new Canon digicam! For
> the record, my aux battery performed *perfectly*--despite
> having been found bone dry weeks ago by my gynecologist,
> I mean, mechanic--& pronounced worthless.
>
> The cutting out problem, always random, sometimes
> disappearing for months, occured no less than eight times
> during the ten hour trip home! Other than this,
> which was heartstopping a few times, with eighteen
> wheelers on my tail & no shoulder in mountainous areas,
> she ran as quietly & dependably as an old Singer sewing
> machine.
> If there are any Listees who were at BurninMan--
> please identify yourselves!
> It's good to be back on the List.
> Phaedra
> '85 Westy-Wolf
> "Hester"
>
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