Date:         Wed, 8 Oct 2003 23:12:56 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Car Talk Vanagon caller
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>For those of you that don't listen to Car Talk regularly be forewarned
>these guys do NOT speak kindly of the the old VW buses. I've heard them say
>that in a VW bus your legs are the first line of defense. They even listed
>them #10 on their all-time list of bad cars. (the Yugo was #1.) But I don't
>hold it against them. They apparently aren't made of the same cloth as the
>rest of us. They value things like ABS, air bags power steering, safety,
>reliability etc. They don't go for performance, either. They think highly
>of the Lexus and Toyota (yuck!). But they are car smart and very funny. The
>reason I mentioned this particluar show was I thought the woman caller was
>cute because she and her family loved their 84 Vanagon and were going
>through the same problem that we went through this list a little while
>back. Namely, what newer vehicle can we buy that would have the same spirit
>as the Vanagon? And, as we all know, there is nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch.
>Zero. I was waiting for her to say she was considering a Honda Element
>which is about the closest I can come up with and it still falls short in
>the seating.
>
>Tom Brobst

Sahll I send you one of my Toyota Hiaces, Tom?
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
64 (3) 473-8863
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut