Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:34:49 -0500
Reply-To: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Subject: Re: Come out of the closet, all
Indeed, interesting thread, mostly because this list feel a bit more human
now...
I see many peoples driving Motorcycle, many of my customers also have some,
is it an art form, i don't think so but still! i have turned 40 this year, i
have owned 19 bike's, so i can relate. I still have one,
http://www.benplace.com/moto/sv1000s16.jpg
now heavily modified.... (of course it's a V-Twin)
Good to know about Nevada, next time i'm there with my Bike i know what to
do :-))) i like that about the USA, each states have a... different taste.
Now, for that "assault rifle" stuff, i will never understand... if you would
owned such a thing in Canada you would be shot on the spot by the Police :-)))
Last thing about VW owners, and i see a lot... let me tell you that the only
thing they have in commom it's the outdoor, for the rest, very very
different peoples, all classes, different taste, some are VERY esthetic,
some are more practical/mechanical, some cool dudes, some stange one...
relax, hippies, upper class, poor, family oriented, loner, exotic couple,
group oriented folks, some travel far, some just locally... and the list
could go for ever.
I just had a discussion with my girlfriend on the subject yesterday, about
all the campout i go and our customer's.... and we had NO conclusion about
who is the typical Vanagon owner!
The one that i can relate the most are the one that buy the van to travel...
travel as far and as long as they can....and those who do care about the van
being as much reliable as possible.
But i don't judge the other one... not anymore :-)))) they are the one that
want a beautiful van, to look good, the one that want a complete paint job
and esthetic stuff (well over 7K to 9K$ sometime) installed on their van,
they have money, pay well, so with those folks, i can live! They are very
nice people also, they are just different.
One day, we should do a poll here, something like:
What kind of Vanagon owner are you?
Choice would be:
A-My van as to be the nicest one, mechanic, bahhhh...
B-Beautiful and mechanically sound
C-I want a very good engine and to be as reliable as possible, nice body.
D-All my money goes on the mechanic side, maybe some on the esthetic side...
one day.
E-I will fix it when it break, when it take more oil than fuel, OR when rust
will make the van structurally unsafe and i have more mouses than human
inside :-)))
This is a time of joy, enjoy!
Ben
http://www.benplace.com/
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I raced roadrace bikes for a while. A Honda Hawk NT 650 was my main track
bike, run in the middleweight twin class. But after a few crashes I switched
over to sports cars and a Porsche 928..Doesn't hurt so much (only the
wallet) to go off track in that. I did a few of those Nevada Open Road
races, too, before going exclusivly track. These are timed events where they
close a section of highway and let you go as fast as you want for a given
distance. I recently re-drove one of those race courses (the Pony Express
100) in the van, Battle Mountain to Austin, a distance of close to a hundred
miles..We did the distance in a bit under 2 hours in the Van..In the
Porsche, at our target speed of 170mph, we were right at 33 and change
minutes to cover that distance..The car with the closest finish to each
target speed was declared the winner. Often the interval between finishing
positions was measured in 100ths of seconds. Pretty different trip in the
two vehicles.. Don Hanson
Ya gotta love Nevada...A state where the Cops will close the roads for you
to go 200 mph for a hundred miles, where prostitution is state supervised,
where the mainstay of the economy is gambling and you can own an assualt
rifle or a VW with a small block Chebby motor...
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