Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 17:50:27 -0400
Reply-To: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
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From: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject: Re: friday question(s)
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I was going to sit down and write a post on this thread but Jeff pretty
much nailed all my points already.
Between my Dad and I there are now 4 Vanagons and 2 baywindows; VW buses
are the only vehicles we own.
> Joe,
> Awesome Friday post - this is my favorite kind of topic here (unless I
> need
> quick tech advice :) )
>
> Why a Vanagon? There are many reasons and before I list some of my
> favorites
> I'll be the first to admit that many of the reasons could be covered by a
> different vehicle - however I think you'd be hard pressed to find a
> vehicle
> that did all these things well like the Vanagon and still had any soul or
> uniqueness.
>
> Our Vanagon (to be further refered to as a bus because that's what we call
> it) is our everything mobile. Her most common function is my daily driver
> but she does so much more.
>
>
> - She is a mobile home base of sorts at our kids football tournaments
> and
> other functions
> - Although not a camper - she does have a bed (and a side tent) and we
> do
> use her for camping several times a year
> - A portable bedroom for when I've had one too many at a friends party
> - The bus has hauled countless items: band gear, Furniture, building
> supplies, drunks, pee-wee football players, a spinet piano, 50 years of
> school band history, assisted in moving many friends to a new home,
> engines,
> etc. etc. etc.
> - It's a "tree house" on wheels
> - It has allowed us to meet and become friends with some of the the
> best
> people (this list included)
> - She is fun and cool looking (some disagree but they just don't get
> it)
> - "Easy" to work on. I'm no mechanic but I can perform more of my own
> work on the bus than I could on any other vehicle I've owned.
> - Comfortable ride for long trips
> - and on , and on, and on
>
> Again, could we do many of the above things with another vehicle? Sure we
> could. Still, I think you're hard pressed to find another vehicle that
> does
> all these things (and more) just as well. Maybe the most important part is
> the instant built in community one becomes a part of as the owner of a
> Vanagon (or any VW bus). Plus we get all of these benefits in a ride that
> isn't just like everything else out there on the road - how boring would
> that be?
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '85 GL (Gertie)
> '90 Carat (Grover - the noble parts donor)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>
Happy Trails,
Greg Potts
www.pottsfamily.ca
WWW.BUSESOFTHECORN.CA <--- NEW .CA DOMAIN!!!
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender hardtop Vanagon
1988 Wolfsburg Weekender hardtop Vanagon
1973 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
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