Date:         Sun, 25 May 2003 14:06:18 -0400
Reply-To:     SD Kraning <PopTop88@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         SD Kraning <PopTop88@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: RAIV / Rabbits, Sciroccos, Dashers, Vanagons too!
Comments: To: Bradley Flubacher <flub@ADELPHIA.NET>
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Brad -

I can relate.

By the way - why is it that older Rabbits ('75 - '79 especially) are so hard
to come across? I realize that they were daily drivers for many folks,
probably driven hard and not given much respect. By now they would be fairly
old, right? But it seems like there were so many of them around back then! I
am probably wierd, but I always thought the design language of that
generation of VW's was really cool.

Take the original "Bug" which the Rabbit sort of replaced, for example.
There were lots of them around between say - '70 - '76 ... they were used
for similar purpopses (daily eco-driver) and they are still fairly easy to
find. Or Vanagons - designed from a similar "gene pool" as the Rabbit. Even
early Vanagons are easier to find than old Rabbits (Dashers and Sciroccos as
well!) What is up with that?  Is it just because Vanagons have more of a
following and people value them more? Hmmm.

Scott

88 Westy
90 Vgn Carat
99 Audi A4AvQ
82 Fiat
92 Saab 9KT


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bradley Flubacher" <flub@ADELPHIA.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 9:10 PM
Subject: RAIV


> I had to share this with everyone.  I finally have an acronym that
> accurately describes my addiction:
> Redundant
> Array of
> Inexpensive
> Vehicles
>
> Names affectionately after the array of hard drives..
>
> Brad
>
> '81 rabbit (diesel)
> '82 pickup (diesel)
> '82 transporter (diesel) (hot swapped spare!)
> '82 Westy (diesel)
> '84 transporter (not diesel)
>