Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 18:10:17 -0700
Reply-To: Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
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From: Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Subject: Re: (fryday stuff)Top 20 Why Reasons Round headlight vans are
better
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Another one:
Since driving our '82 for a while, I've noticed we get way more attention from
hitchhiker's and bay drivers, and even a few peace signs so far this year! With the
'88 nobody around here noticed - we had to leave town to even get a wave from
another bus...
but I'd stop short of calling these bumpers real *metal*... more like tin foil. I can't even
step on them without bending them, and I'm only 160lbs. I step on the '88 bumpers
all the time without trouble... :-)
On 3 Jun 2005 at 15:25, Mark Cumnock <kayakwesty@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> Top 20 Why Reasons Round Headlight Vanagons Are
> Better.
>
> Contrary to what Gowesty states…..hee hee my little jab there…..
>
>
>
> #20 Chicken S#*#^ Brown Interiors are easier to keep clean than Pansy
> Grey. (Remember you bought the van to camp in.)
>
> #19 You can actually see the road with the round headlights at night.
>
> #18 They can have a real middle seat, instead of the turned around
> get car sick jump seat/ mother-in-law seats.
>
> #17 1.9 liter motors don’t throw a rod like a 2.1
>
> #16 Cheaper on the market so you have more money to spend on the same
> problems a Square headlight van will have.
>
> #15 Coolant hoses are easier/ simpler to change including the metal
> coolant pipes. Most don’t have a bleeder valve that doesn’t work
> anyway. I.e. useless. And if you don’t like coolant you could get it
> air-cooled!!!
>
> #14 Some even came with Diesels, how cool is that and most Diesel
> owners fill their van up by marking their calendar.
>
> #13 You can get a Wolfberg GL model with a Stove and Frig.
>
> #12 With round headlights you are halfway done on converting the grill
> to a cool South African look. Meanwhile “squares” are looking on Ebay
> for lights.
>
> #11 You can drive across the country with antique car tags on your
> van, while it is more reliable than any soccer mom SUV will ever be in
> 20 plus years.
>
> #10 (Bonus for you Vanagon Geeks)Use can use a Digitool with a Digijet
> system and not have the Digifant (Idle Stabilization Valve)
> trouble.
>
> #9 ( Another Bonus for you Vanagon Geeks out there) Round headlights
> don’t have the plastic inserts in the coolant system that are
> time activated for you summer vacation to go bad.
>
> #8 1.9 Liter rebuilds are cheaper to obtain because they have an
> intact crankcase (See #4)
>
> #7 Later model “squares” came with an updated transmissions, that
> have updated gears that don’t break. The point is moot with a van with
> 200,000 plus miles on it don’t ya think?
>
> #6 Some “squares” could come with a Syncro conversion so you can
> really stick you van in the mud and give it body damage….when’s the last
> time you really needed a 4x$ …the $ wasn’t a typo by the way.
>
> #5 You could get a solid yellow, two –tone or metallic with real
> metal bumpers. Instead of the take out a loan and go to the dealer
> fiberglass bumpers.
>
> #4 Most rounds have the bottom sag that gives it the cool West Coast
> Bling- Bling look.
>
>
> #3 Didn’t come with Power Mirrors , when is the last time you really
> adjusted your mirror.
>
> #2 They didn’t come with Power Windows that are rain activated not to
> roll up during a sudden monsoon.
>
> #1 And the the number one reason round headlight Vanagons are
> better…………1.9 liter heads leak just as good as the 2.1 liter heads
>
> Thank ya Thank ya verrrrrry much.....van-elvis has left the buliding....
>
Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
(see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy
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