Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:03:55 -0600
Reply-To:     joel walker <uncajoel@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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From:         joel walker <uncajoel@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon !Si! (good features) little long
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>  Yeah, there are some quirks, but those well known on our list.  I
> acknowledge the quirks but not many have mentioned how well the
> whole
> 'Package' seems to work and why they think so..So I did.   Any one
> got any
> more good stuff to add?

i personally really like the fact that vanagons have the triangle vent
window, instead of the more common full-window glass (like the
eurovan).  i just like vent windows. it gives me a choice that i don't
have in other cars today. can't even think of any car or truck out
there now that has them.

i also prefer the round headlights ... all the late model cars i've
driven seem to have really bad light patterns ... the price, it seems,
of styling over function. i prefer the round ones so much more that
i've converted most of the 86-91 buses to the 80-85 round headlights.

i also like having the gas filler on the passenger side ... that means
i can get out of the bus without worrying about banging my driver's
door against the pump-protecter posts, or the pump itself. it used to
be somewhat of a problem if the pumps didn't have a full overhead roof
... but haven't seen a short roof now for many years, so it's not a
problem to get out of the driver's side in the rain now.

but the big thing i like is that very few things on a vanagon are
cramped, like on a honda. you can have normal sized hands and still
work on a vanagon. well ...cept for tighting that dufus nut on the
bottom of the pivot for the vent window. :(  but most of the rest of
the stuff has room for wrenches and hands.

unca joel