Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 15:25:34 -0400
Reply-To: Mark Cumnock <kayakwesty@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Mark Cumnock <kayakwesty@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: (fryday stuff)Top 20 Why Reasons Round headlight vans are better
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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....