Date:         Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:31:11 -0230
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Hi Gang! I'm back!!!
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
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LOL!

And you didn't even wait till Friday!  (And I'm a bit behind on my vanagon
list reading...)




Joy



On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Glad to be back on the List. Hope nothing to dramatic
> > has happened in my absence.
>
> John, let me bring you up to date a little here. While you were out:
>
> 1. The whole tire issue got resolved. Didn't save the posts, doesn't
> matter all that much to me.
> 2. The whole wheel issue got resolved. Finally, everybody agreed on a
> minimum load recommendation, width and diameter.
> 3. People started posting craigslist and ebay sales of
> reasonably-priced vanagons in good repair, and the ads have definitely
> taken a turn for the better now that both CL and eBay only allow
> honest, knowledgeable item descriptions.
> 4. It was finally determined that no matter how much you sawed, hacked
> or customized your westy interior, it would ultimately not matter to
> buyers in the future, and furthermore it was decided that such
> upgrades will eventually increase the value of our vehicles.
> 5. The original waterboxer engine was determined to be the best for the
> Vanagon.
> 6. Somebody has begun making oil drain plugs for diesel vanagons
> again. Very high quality, less than a dollar.
> 7. Somebody came up with a little clear piece of plastic, about the
> size of a piece of paper, that mounts above the rear window and gives
> the Vanagon a coefficient of friction just a hair worse than a Lotus
> Elite.
> 8. No more seam rust, at all. Don't recall the details. Search the
> archives.
> 9. Scott doesn't care if you post where you are located, or what kind
> of Vanagon you are asking about.
>
>
> That's all I can think of. As I said, you didn't miss much. I was
> going to wait until April 1 to hit send but couldn't figure out how to
> schedule that in gmail.
>
> Best,
>
> Jim
>