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Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:13:39 -0300
Reply-To:     Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
Subject:      Re: Friday: What's the perfect second car for Vanagon owners?
Comments: To: Tyler Hardison <tyler@SERAPH-NET.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <CAP_Yzp+-PAqA=wYQkyzZDkE-aqOZsL72U48KRH646UB3dw=gyQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Tyler,

As someone who owns a '66 Westy, I would advise against picking one up ... they are heaver than you might think.

On 28-Aug-2015, at 12:02, Tyler Hardison wrote:

> For me, I'd love to pick up a splittie. Even an early bay. > > But jeeps are my second love. > > On Friday, August 28, 2015, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> You can't ask a car nut that kind of question. Too many options. I do >> like the circa '88 Accord hatchback (with flip-up headlights). Very nice >> looking little car and probably much like our current '05 Civic with some >> added coolth. Probably the sanest choice from a list which includes the >> following: >> Merkur Skorpio or XR4Ti,Mazda 323 GTX (turbo AWD),Nissan Sentra SE-R from >> the early '90s,VW Quantum Syncro Wagon,continues for quite some time... >> Stephen >> >> >> On Friday, August 28, 2015 10:31 AM, T Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM> >> wrote: >> >> >> Hi Jim, >> >> I already do this. My answer: vw scirocco (mine is an 82). Not sure I call >> the scirocco a second choice. For me, these two vehicles are loved for >> their differences and what one can do that the other can't sort of thing. >> >> Dick.... back me up? >> >> Thanks, >> T. >> >> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> By now, many or most of us on this list have spent some serious time and >>> money making our Vanagons back into the capable, fun vehicles they were >>> when they first rolled off the dealer's lot. >>> >>> They are well designed and well manufactured with good materials. They >>> serve the needs of their owners so well that many would agree that there >>> has been no replacement for them made earlier or later, and most of us >>> would agree that is the reason they get the attention lavished on them >> that >>> they do. >>> >>> So, given that some cars have "that certain something" and they warrant >>> being kept and restored, what would be your second choice to give the >> same >>> money and attention toward (as if that were possible for most people)? >>> >>> I am not looking for dream cars or exotics, but ordinary production cars >>> that were well made and a joy to drive that should be resurrected from >> the >>> scrapyards of history. >>> >>> I started thinking about this the other day when I was driving behind a >>> 1983 Honda Accord hatchback, another car that probably has never quite >> been >>> equalled in its utility and fun-to-drive-ness. >>> >>> If you could keep and drive a car as a compliment to your Vanagon, what >>> would it be? >>> >>> Jim >>> >>


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