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Date:         Wed, 8 Oct 2003 12:14:10 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: (was Campers not) The Napmobile
Comments: To: josorio@ATLAS.KENNESAW.EDU
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Thomas Edison took a 20 minute nap each day and look what he accomplished!

I have been taking naps at work from time to time too in the Westy.

Whether on the road or at work-can you think of a better place?

And if it breaks down or a flood is approaching- it's a refugemobile.

When Napster came out I thought it was a new expresso lounge!

Too bad! That's what my Westy is when I'm not camping. I have lunch, make an espresso, wherever my job takes me .

When the" roach coach" blew it's horn at my last job I headed for the Westy.

And what better place is there for lunch?

Robert

1982 Westfalia

1982 Westfalia

----Original Message Follows---- From: Jorge Osorio <josorio@ATLAS.KENNESAW.EDU> Reply-To: Jorge Osorio <josorio@ATLAS.KENNESAW.EDU> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Campers not a good daily driver Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 09:06:29 -0400

There is one good reason why my Westy is a daily driver. Granted I only come to my office twice a week, it is a 70 mile roundtrip which requires me to get up at 4:30AM. The drive is not bad as it is 99% Highway, however as the day progresses that early rise starts slowing you down, So I skip lunch and later on the day skip to the parking lot, hop on my westy and it's NAP TIME!! I come back to work energized, coherent and less cranky.

My Westy encourages overall well being and it's endorsed by the NIH and Harvard Medical School. How is that for a NAP Mobile.

<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-07/niom-np070102.php>

Jorge

'85 Wolfsburg Weekender Betsy a.k.a "Plan B"

On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Brian T. wrote:

> Eric, buddy... > > I completely disagree with you. I've been driving a > Westfalia camper as a daily driver since 1999. I've > done year around camping in both a 73' and my current > 85' Westy with no issue. Of course, this is personal > preference and there are those folks that don't like > to wake up to adverse weather and I respect that. > > My personal spin is that it's when you stop using a > machine that if starts to rot. Continual use within > the scope of it's engineering and continual > maintenance to sustain it's function, that's what I do > and the thought of pickling my rig just because it's a > bit cold or damp is just wrong :-) > > Two cents and then some, > Brian from Salem, Or > Wetwesty and general goofball > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "Barbara, > Campers like motor homes are not good candidates > for > daily driver vehicle. Camping for most people is just > to > cold in most state, and I can't imagine that Montana > is > any different. So there are many people how store > there > Compers for the winter. > Eric > P.S. If you like to camp in Montana in the winter > you've got meet you...." > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com >

Robert 1982 Westfalia 1987 Wolfsburg

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