Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 07:04:24 EST
Reply-To: RAlanen@AOL.COM
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: Vngns ARE junk! Wilder's Law
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In a message dated 13/03/2005 12:03:18 AM Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
"""These folks were going to the tip of South America and back in a
group of VW vans.""""
Just as a note on this subject to say that you should check out the Travelog
of Gerry & Sharon at > _www.travelpod.com/members/thymeoff_
(http://www.travelpod.com/members/thymeoff) . They are friends from the Ottawa area, bought
an '87 Westy that I found for them and helped them get set up for a trip down
into South America. They have been gone now for a few months more than a
year and have had very little problems except for changing shock absorbers twice
now due to the bad roads they take. Their worst experience was just lately
in Chile where they got run off a narrow mountain road, in southern Chile
looking for glaciers, by some crazy pick up driver. Seems the van is still
running but has a few dent problems. The whole story in on their Travepod site.
It's great reading with great pics. And, their Vanagon is certainly not
junk. It has taken them very reliably to some of the most remote scenic spots
on the planet and they have always managed to find the parts and repairs
needed to keep going. I have only once needed to send a care package, a headlamp
that broke as they failed to use the Lexan headlight guards due to possible
theft ! So much for that story !
Cheers,
Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005
'87 Westy, '90 Carat & Lionel Trains
Member: _Vanagon List_ (http://www.vanagon.com/) , _LiMBO_
(http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/) , _IWCCC_ (http://www.westfalia.qc.ca/) & _CCVWC_
(http://www.ccvwc.ca/)
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
_STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Mufflers_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm)
_Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)
or http://frankcondelli.com
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