Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 23:00:37 -0700
Reply-To: Annie <lsandrsn@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Annie <lsandrsn@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: friday question(s)
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Well, I bought a Vanagon because . . . LOL
I'd always liked the Buses - they're just so cool. But finding an automatic
in the earlier years is not an easy task. Not that I wouldn't love to drive
a manual transmission version - I just simply can't. Big no-no with my
doctors and I'd be in a bunch of trouble!
So, I figured a Vanagon - a little newer, a little easier to find AT, better
brakes, a little less loud, better handling but still fun as all heck to
drive. Plus, it's big enough to carry myself, my 4 kids, grandma and
whomever else wants to come along for the ride. And we can pack up the
bikes, the picnic stuff and head off for the day somewhere. And they get
fairly decent gas mileage. Plus they are so easy to see out of.
I really don't know why I'd drive anything else.
*Thanks, ~Annie* email: lsandrsn@gmail.com
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 6:21 AM, Joe Luther <jluther@alfons-haar.us> wrote:
> Obviously, the members of the list really like Vanagons and go to great
> lengths to keep them running, improve them, modify them, etc etc.
>
> Why exactly a Vanagon, what is it about them that inspires everyone? I am
> on my first Vanagon, it arrived in pieces, so I haven't been able to drive
> it yet. I assume it will be sorta like my other air cooled buses, but
> slower.
>
> Having been a VW owner since my first 1967 bug in 1976 I'm well aware of
> the
> equal parts pain and pleasure involved with owning anything VW makes but I
> have always overlooked the Vanagon. I thought they were cool in a funky
> way
> but never thought about owning one until I found the one I just bought. I
> got it because it was rust free, low miles, had lots of spares, my main
> considerations for any VW/car purchase.
>
> Not an April Fools post, seriously, what is it about the Vanagon that
> attracts everybody to them? Just wondering and wanted to know the stories,
> I've seen some cool camping stories on here but I assume not everyone has
> the camper.
>
> On a related note, the only other make I've seen named by such a large
> percentage of owners is early Volvos. I've never named a vehicle before
> other than $%#!!!!*, which was my pet name for my 00 Passat before I lit it
> on fire (kidding about the fire, not about the name). I feel peer
> pressure
> to name the Vanagon, hopefully not $%#!!!!*.
>
> Joe
>
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