Date:         Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:59:41 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon mentioned on Car Talk today
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> They might just know better.  They are MIT grads who ran an auto repair shop
> for fun and profit.

Heh. Really, I wouldn't put too much value on their MIT degrees. Ray
says "I studied everything and really learned nothing, and I
eventually graduated from MIT in 1972. I ended up with a degree in
humanities and science. MIT is known for its humanities program. After
all, with a name like Massachusetts Institute of Technology, you know
they must have a splendid humanities department." and his brother had
little to say about his college time other than to complain that it
was boring, there were no girls, and the place was full of NERDS NERDS
NERDS. He also failed to mention what his degree was in-- probably
because it was something like "business".  From the way their bio's
read, it sounds like they chose MIT because it was a decent school
they could attend while living at home in Cambridge. Nowadays MIT is
essentially a super-elite school for technological and scientific
geniuses. Historically, not so much. You have to remember that back in
those days pretty much anyone with even average brains could get into
anywhere. My father got into the UCLA engineering program in 1963 with
a 2.1 GPA and had only begun learning English three years earlier. As
for their dislike of Vanagons, it's hardly surprising. They're a
couple of 60 year old palookas from East Cambridge. At this point
they've got a certain way of thinking about cars, and the Vanagon just
doesn't fit it.