Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:40:40 -0700
Reply-To: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC! Vanagon discussions?
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All good points, David, Please continue to share!
Pax,
Tom B.-Octoberfest sausage? My 84 Vanagon was 1st sold in October of
83!
On Feb 20, 2007, at 2:28 PM, David Marshall wrote:
> I move my Sirius from vehicle to vehicle. I have the small one
> that looks like a radar detector as you really only listen to about
> 5 channels after the initial toy factor goes away.
>
> In my Westfalia, with the high roof, I put the antenna on a steel
> licence plate in the storage compartment above the driver and
> passenger. The signal goes through the fiberglass with no problems
> at all. On my TriStar, I just stick it on the roof on the
> passenger side.
>
> No special upgrades are needed to the power, I can run the receiver
> all weekend and the better still has enough poop to start the
> engine on Monday morning.
>
> Tires make little difference, however seeing how my Westfalia has
> 31s, it makes the receiver a little closer to the satellites and
> the signal is somewhat better than it is in my TriStar with 29"
> tires. I can hardly wait to try it in my LT 4x4 when it gets here
> as it has 35" tall tires.
>
> As the Vanagon is a quality German made vehicle, I don't think it
> would explode at all if it was packed with explosives - it's just
> too tough. Check out the Gootube video of the suicide bomber in
> the VW Polo... poor poor guy... Because the Vanagon can contain a
> huge explosion, putting a small nozzle on the rear of it and
> filling it with salami like the Myth Busters did would result in a
> far superior boost rocket for the shuttle than the current ones
> they are using. An almost zero chance of a Challenger like
> explosion - especially if you were to use Oktoberfest sausage on
> those cold mornings. For Mars missions, Currywurst would have that
> extra little kick needed to get out of the Earth's gravity.
>
> As for James Brown, he may not have been the "father of soul" if he
> drove a T3, but I think he might just be "der Vater des
> fahrvergnugen" if he did.
>
> Cheers!
>
> David Marshall
>
> http://www.hasenwerk.ca
> http://www.fastforward.ca
>
> Box 4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J 3J2
>
> On Tue, February 20, 2007 13:07, Tom Buese wrote:
> > If one were to pick a satellite radio for your vanagon, where would
> > you mount the antenna, which radio would you put in your vanagon,
> > what kind of battery/power system would you recommend for the
> > vanagon, where would you put that system in your vanagon, where
> would
> > be the best place to purchase the system for the vanagon &, what
> type
> > of oil & tires should you use w/ the system in the vanagon, & how do
> > you fix your satellite radio in your vanagon when it breaks down
> in BFE?
> >
> > If a vanagon filled w/ explosives were parked in the World Trade
> > Center, would it have caused the towers to collapse? Could a vanagon
> > be used for a booster rocket on the space shuttle? & finally, would
> > James Brown still have been the "Father of Soul" if he had driven a
> > 16" Tristar syncro doka?
> >
> > Pax,
> >
> > Tom B.-everything is vanagon related to Kevin Bacon?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 20, 2007, at 1:44 PM, jon wrote:
> >
> >> Actually, I think the satellite radio (or internet) posts are quite
> >> relevant to Vanagons. In any event, they are as relevant as "Your
> >> favorite
> >> 12V accessory". I would go as far to say satellite radio *is* my
> >> favorite
> >> 12 VDC Vanagon accessory. ;)
> >
> >>
> >> I even know some crazies that have satellite internet in their
> >> Westies.
> >>
> >> (wow, lot's of VW content).
> >>
> >> Ok, now, all let's talk about our favorite oil/tire/wax. ;P
> >>
> >> Jon
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, David Marshall wrote:
> >>
> >>> My three cents worth on this. Keep off topic stuff off the
> >>> list. I think it is quite bad that you can search this list and
> find
> >>> out exactly when the World Trade Center attacks were, when the
> space
> >>> shuttle Columbia blew up, when James Brown died... etc.
> >>> Although all of this is interesting history, no of it really has
> >>> anything
> >>> to do with Vanagons unless for some reason a Jame Brown drove a
> >>> Vanagon, a
> >>> Vanagon got hit by a piece of debris from the shuttle or a Vanagon
> >>> would
> >>> have made a difference on September 11th.
> >>>
> >>> So... back to
> >>> regularly scheduled Vanagon related programming.
> >>>
> >>> David
> >>> Marshall
> >>>
> >>> http://www.hasenwerk.ca
> >>> http://www.fastforward.ca
> >>>
> >>> Box 4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J
> >>> 3J2
> >>>
> >
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