Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 16:57:31 -0800
Reply-To: Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: who bought that ebay 83 diesel passenger van for $3400?
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I'm not sure I've seen any running here in California... lots walking at a
slow pace, yes, but running? No.
tim in san jose
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: who bought that ebay 83 diesel passenger van for $3400?
> I think you could justify the "Diesel Following" if you knew how many are
> still on the road, or at least how many were built and shipped to the US.
> The numbers have to be small .......... I'd think?
> I must admit I've only seen one still running in Texas but I'm sure there
> are others.
>
> Stan Wilder
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of JordanVw@AOL.COM
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 5:54 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: who bought that ebay 83 diesel passenger van for $3400?
>
>
> In a message dated 4/1/04 1:34:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> wilden1-1@sbcglobal.net writes:
>
>
> > There isn't a Diesel following.
> > You're trying to convince us that there is a diesel following.
> > One Diesel sells in six months and you think there is a following
>
> ive met a bunch of folks over the years who were diesel freaks.. whether
it
> be the new TDI's, or the older turbo diesels of the 80's, i know quite a
few
> people who are into diesels.. i know a local guy who has his yard filled
> with
> A1/A2 golf/jetta diesels, turbo diesels, and a 81 diesel vanagon.. all he
> drives are vw diesels..he is a total diesel freak.. and he just recently
> acquired
> a '98 new beetle tdi.. so anyway i think there is a big diesel
following
> out there, they just appeal to a certain type of people.. and the fact
that
> they
> can be made to run on grease and lard makes them even more appealing to
> some.. :<) im guessing more new TDI's will be sold this summer as gas
> prices
> keep hiking up...ive seen alot more new vw TDI's on the road lately....
>
> "i'll run free cooking waste oil in my vw's before i pay $2.50 a gallon
for
> unleaded gasoline" he told me..
>
> to each his own..
> chris
>
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