Date:         Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:25:38 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Friday-You must be mad -- or not.
Comments: To: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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Just think how much more intense the Vanagon experience would be of the darn
things could fly ............. boy! we'd separate the adventurers from the
pedestrians pretty quick.
I darn sure wouldn't get on one if there was any potential of ever leaving
the ground.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Bange" <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: 31K for a vanagon? You must be mad -- or not.


>
> If adventure is what you want, I can show it to you and you won't need a
> bloated Westy with a WIFI for it. But, you gotta learn to spell it
> correctly:
> R-I-S-K.


Ugh. I think you have a point that RISK=ADVENTURE, but keep in mind that
it's entirely relative and varies greatly from person to person. Going 100
meters down the beach and enjoying a cup of coffee might be enough for some
people. Others may need to free climb Half Dome. I recall the greatest
"adventure" I ever endured was a two day Hummer drive through the desert
with a knot in my stomach from worrying about driving over a mine. The guy
sitting next to me did nothing but complain about how boring it was. That
bored PFC who was sitting next to me is now probably a master sergeant
driving through pretty much the same desert, in the same conditions, still
bored. My adventure/risk threshold tends to be fairly low now. I only need
to get a half dozen miles down a NFS fire road to get my fill. I can (and
have) done that in a 94 Honda Civic. It's all relative.