Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:03:59 -0700
Reply-To: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Hoods in the van..
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So this thread got me thinking to remind all of you out there in Vanagon land to lock your doors as the hoods are out in earnest. Just witnessed thieves driving from mailbox to mail box stealing mail in my neighborhood.Might be my Vanagons next. Or yours.
Robert1982 Westfalia
--- On Thu, 10/20/11, Kevin ... <artbear26@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
From: Kevin ... <artbear26@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Vans in the hood
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011, 2:26 PM
Ahhhh.....Stealth Vanagons! Since it's close to Halloween maybe they are ghost vans.
> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:15:33 +0000
> From: fonman4277@COMCAST.NET
> Subject: Re: Vans in the hood
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> As I have mentioned before, even in the tiny town of Round Hill, Virginia, there is one other Vanagon owner besides me. Even though I parked next to him one day at the grocery store, he wasn't very talkative when he came out. As to where all these cars are, I;m always amazed when I go to local car shows and look at the registration cards on a lot of the show cars-they are local, even a lot that list "Round Hill Virginia" yet I never see them out on the road, just at shows. Jeff Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> > Here on the East Coast in Virginia I have seen a few vanagons, but
> > they are
> > still
> > not that frequent. When you see them out here they usually stick out
> > even
> > with soo
> > many people driving suvs out here. I have been working on mine off and
> > on
> > and have
> > driven it a total of about a year out of the about four years I have
> > had
> > it. The guy I bought
> > it from was towing it around every time he moved(3 times) and wanted
> > to fix
> > it up but
> > never got around to it. I was able to get it for 500$. He worked where
> > I
> > worked and when
> > I got it running and drove it to work he saw it and said he felt sick
> > to
> > his stomach. All
> > I could do was smile as I walked away after we talked for a minute. It
> > is
> > definitely a unique
> > vehicle and I have learned a lot working on it without any kind of
> > repair
> > manual. Once on
> > the road as a daily driver I look forward to the cheaper fuel fill ups
> > comapared to fueling my
> > 1970 Mercury Monterey. Thanks to everyone for all of the stories and
> > tips!!
> > I am glad I found
> > Vanagon.com while searching for information, this has been a great
> > experience!!
> > Jason Orr
> > Victor 1.9 hardtop waterboxer 4spd
> > At 10:29 PM 10/19/2011 -0700, you wrote:
> > > I think the reason there are more Vanagons out and about lately
> > > can be
> > >traced to gas and diesel costs. I know that is why I found mine and
> > >began
> > >driving it around...and now I actually prefer it to my still very
> > >fine Ford
> > >4X4 with Alaskan camper...It's more fun to drive, usually, and easier
> > >to
> > >use....and most certainly easier on the wallet at the filling
> > >stations.
> > > An American Van, vanagon-sized, or a pickup truck or a full sized
> > >SUV.....now a days you will spend $100-$150 on each fill up. My
> > >Ford gives
> > >me about 400 (+/-) miles of travel for that. Most other full sized
> > >vehicles, until these last few years when the Sprinters, etc came
> > >onto the
> > >scene, they give about the same dollar/per mile ratio.
> > > So people went to vanagons, which were cheap. Or if 'cheap' was
> > > of no
> > >concern, they were still relatively fuel-efficient, compared to full
> > >sized
> > >vehicles. Richy-rich folks felt "good" about buying a cute little
> > >Vanagon
> > >from one of the premium vendors and driving around righteously
> > >'saving the
> > >planet' in that rather than driving a Prevost diesel pusher bus with
> > >pop-out rooms, or an Adventure Wagon giant Van....
> > > Worker-bees like me, we have to make ends meet...which got me into
> > > another
> > >VW Van again.(Who'd a-thunk it--30yrs later, again driving a VW van
> > >to work,
> > >pounding nails at the same wage?)....and now I really wouldn't go
> > >back to a
> > >full size truck again (except when I have to tow something heavy).
> > > If someone gave me a Mercedes sprinter van, I might use it as my
> > > work
> > >vehicle but I wouldn't try to camp in it....too tall, most of them.
> > > My work
> > >clients would be more impressed with a carpenter who shows up in a
> > >fancy
> > >modern vehicle, probably...but those vans, the new modern equivalent
> > >of the
> > >VW van, they are too expensive for me...and I don't care to learn to
> > >work on
> > >something that 'modular'...or pay for an extended service warranty to
> > >let me
> > >take it to the dealer, should it break....
> > > Bazillions of Vanagons in the Pacific Northwest....
> > > Don Hanson
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