Date:         Sun, 8 Aug 2004 14:01:34 EDT
Reply-To:     Oxroad@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeff Oxroad <Oxroad@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Car Talk advice: Sell Vanagon
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Looks like there might be an 84 Vanagon for sale in the Seattle area.  A
woman called into Car Talk today in love with her 84 Vanagon and it's ability to
facilitate cross-country trips, but... she wanted some modern luxeries. She
pined for things like a horn and some other ammenities right up to air bags.

The Car Talk guys eventually recommended she sell the Vanagon and go for a
Subaru Forester. After some discussion they all agreed she'd keep the Vanagon
since the husband loved it and it was "worthless"anyway so wouldn't bring in any
money. The husband it seemed like to tinker with the Vanagon.

It was all good natured funning, needless to say, but we all know the Car
Talk brothers aren't too keen on the Vanagon. The woman did mention that Vanagons
were pretty popular in the NW and might not be a total loss if it were sold.

They followed the call with a little folk song about a Vanagon where the
chorus went something like:

We used to own a Yellow Vanagon
When it died we bought ourselves a Caravan
(this line was something about the Caravan dying, maybe?)
We're gonna buy another van again
And it's gonna be a Vanagon again.

I didn't get the name of the band.

Best
Jeff
83.5 Westfalia
LA,CA