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Date:         Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:12:48 -0800
Reply-To:     Dylan Kahler <dylan.kahler@INTERNATIONALISTMAG.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dylan Kahler <dylan.kahler@INTERNATIONALISTMAG.COM>
Subject:      Re: '86 full Westy for sale...$2000...
Comments: To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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speaking of that nutso who went on the demolition cruise in the tank...

anyone know of a spot on the net where the video is posted? i'd never noticed a vanagon involved in the rampage, and i'd like to check it out!

~dylan

On Mar 9, 2005, at 9:52 PM, Kim Brennan wrote:

> I've stayed out of this discussion until now. Sigh. Probably should > stay out of this disussion...but... > > I watched what Larry did. Decided I would go a similar but slightly > different route, trying to correct what I percieved to be his mistakes. > I put an SVX subaru engine in my Westy Syncro. I'm very thrilled I > did. Along with the other upgrades and interior updating I've done, I > now feel my Vanagon is a daily, reliable, comfortable vehicle and more > practical than anything else available new in the US market. > > It's shorter outside, bigger inside, has better visibility, good > handling, and well, I'm one of those who have always liked the looks > too. > > I know that the money I put into it was as much as I would have spent > to get a Excursion, or Land Rover new. But the Excusion (which would > have the interior space my Vanagon has) is a huge vehicle with has > mileage only about the same as my SVX powered Syncro. The LandRover > wouldn't have the interior room, but would have better gas mileage. > Neither of those vehicles would have the sink/stove and beds that my > Westy has. > > Safety? I always remember the video of that Tank in San Diego, driving > the streets crush car after car...until he hit a vanagon. He pushed > that vanagon down the street a long ways, until he back it into a RV. > THEN he crush it and the RV. But that incident gave me a much higher > regard for the Vanagon's impact capacity. > > My upgraded brakes and the good all around visibility of a Vanagon > allow me to avoid accidents better than most other vehicles out there > (especially if their drivers are chatting away on the phone.) My added > height (Syncro, and larger wheels and tires) mean I can look over most > SUV's and Minivans, and again, anticipate problems rather than > participate in them. > > > On Mar 9, 2005, at 6:20 PM, Bernard wrote: > >>> <<Check in with Larry Chase, I think he was pretty serious about >>> travel >>> and transportation too. >>> Two or three engines later, and he's still having it worked on.>> > > Dylan Kahler Art Director, The Internationalist

dylan.kahler@internationalistmag.com 253.820.3342

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