Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 14:06:11 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Ohana <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Ohana <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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Subject: Re: Is there anyone under 60 on this list???? WAS:Wife is done
with Vanagon and camping!--
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My daughter helped me with spinning off lug nuts ( on VW's ) when she
was 5 or 6.
Later when she was 10 or so, she helped me do a service on her families
Volvo 240 Wagon, including fuel filter underneath.
Some time after that, when she was about 11, they broke down in Idaho..
some shop said they wanted to replace a part under the hood, saying it
was the fuel filter.
She had to tell them they were wrong about that. 11 years old.
Today she drives an '04 Jetta tdi.
I think that is the engine that can have an 'oil pump modulefailure.'
I sure hope it doesn't !
On 7/1/2013 1:36 PM, Geneva Saint-Amour wrote:
> This story made me very nostalgic. I grew up in the shop of BBs Project VW and both loved and hated the time working on cars with my father. From a toddler I could sort buts and nolts ( yes typed it right ) and carry the right sized wrench to and fro. Still wrenching when possible and the most recent husband had caught the bug. 48 and 50 we are- but not feeling it.
>
> Sent from my electronic leash!
> Geneva Saint-Amour
>
> On Jul 1, 2013, at 12:18 PM, "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> What age are the kids? My grandkids (the youngest ones) are six year old
>> twins. Up until now, I tried to schedule my mechanicing to times they were
>> not here, but that has not always been possible. When they were around and
>> I was working on a car, I had to be vigilant because they wanted to help. I
>> don't need to go into detail on that.
>>
>> But two weeks ago marked a turning point. When I went to work on my car,
>> the twins swept the garage floor, pulled out the jack and stands, and since
>> they can now read brought me every wrench I asked for by size. Everywhere I
>> worked there was a light shining right where I was looking. They took every
>> fastener from me and put those away, along with the parts I removed. When
>> it came time to put things back together, they remembered what fasteners
>> came from where.
>>
>> I hope this is the start of something long-lasting! All this is the result
>> of my previous indulgence of them around my car. They know what all the
>> tools are, what not to touch, etc. Boy and girl, both equally helpful and
>> interested.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@ip-solutions.net>wrote:
>>
>>> And here I thought I was going to be the youngest at 38.
>>> My 1st vanagon, at my wife's insistence for heat for the little ones.
>>> Before that I was driving kombis, having at least 4 since I started.
>>> My first didn't have second gear so it was a learning curve from the start.
>>> With the kids I rarely get to do my own work anymore. That makes me a
>>> little sad at times.
>>> All four of us camp in the vanagon :-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Harry
>>>
>>>
>>> pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 30 (been on the list for 10 years)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 7:41 AM, James Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> 63 and feeling it after a weekend of rebuilding rear suspension and
>>> brakes.
>>>>> But I joined the list at 52.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 1, 2013, at 6:33 AM, Frank Romano <fromano99@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 57 and just starting
>>>>>> On Jul 1, 2013 2:20 AM, "Dick Wong" <sailingfc@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 52.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Dick Wong-
>>>>>>> 78 Scirocco
>>>>>>> Original Owner
>>>>>>> 87 Vanagon Syncro 2.5 (slightly crispy)
>>>>>>> Third Owner
>>>>>>> 12 Golf TDI
>>>>>>> Original Co-Owner
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>>>>> Behalf Of
>>>>>>> Stuart MacMillan
>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 10:39 PM
>>>>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Wife is done with Vanagon and camping!-- Is there anyone
>>>>> under
>>>>>>> 60 on this list????
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good grief, I hope so! Or are the Gen X'ers and Y'ers all into
>>>>> Sprinters
>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>> Class C motorhomes?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Stuart
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