Date:         Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:05:18 -0800
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From:         Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bumper contemplations
Comments: To: "Mark L. Hineline" <hineline@ocotillofield.net>
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#2 is the most consistent cause :)
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Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
Full Timing Since March 1999
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Mark L. Hineline
<hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote:
> Whenever I find a new Vanagon in the boneyards, the front bumper is
> pristine while the rear is a twisted piece of wreckage. As is mine.
> This leads me to think that one or more of these things is true:
>
> 1. We are better at driving forward than we are at backing up.
>
> 2. Impatient drivers come up on our rears more than we would like.
>
> 3. It would be good to have a second driver in the rear, rather like a
> hook-and-ladder truck.
>
> Mark
> '82 Westy