Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 17:47:33 -0400
Reply-To: Eric Caron 96 <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Eric Caron 96 <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: list alive?
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I love this list, but because most of my list mail goes to junk it isn’t as useful. The FB group Technical Depository has many of the old names and even moderated by one of our strongest memembers.
Also, unlike all the other Vanagon FB groups I’m aware of this one is moderated for those with serious questions and responses. And cut out the chatter. As a result the tone is more like the Vanagon List.
I’d love to see this list be technically healthy again, but I’ve taken to asking and answering questions on that one group.
eric Caron
> On May 17, 2026, at 3:30 PM, Tom Boldway <jboldway@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I find the list extremely useful for archives. Been on for 25 years, under some sort of jboldway@ email address. About to get my new old 1985 westy on the road again (fourth Westy). Gotta drain gas and I'm sure water. Sat for a few years here. Cranks, spark, no start. Doing the same mods again to this one, in Maine now.
> https://pbase.com/spacecommander/westfalia_vanagon_mods
>
> The primary purpose of government is to grow government.
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> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> on behalf of Mike Miller <mwmiller6@ATT.NET>
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2026 8:03:04 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Subject: Re: list alive?
>
> I frequently see a vanagon around here. then I realize it's mine.
> Don't kill the list, it's my social life!
> On Friday, May 15, 2026 at 12:41:12 PM PDT, Jim Arnott <jr.arnott@gmail.com> wrote:
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> The list hasn’t had much traffic for months and months. Most of the traffic seems to have migrated to other platforms. Also, Vanagons themselves have become more rare. I used to see ‘some’ traveling. Now it’s exceedingly rare to see any at all.
>
> It often feels to me that the Vanagon List has had its day and that its sole reason for continuing might be the historical archives.
>
> What do others think?
>
> Jim Arnott
> Vanagon List admin
>
>
>> On May 14, 2026, at 2:10 AM, Mark McCulley <mark@MARKMCCULLEY.COM> wrote:
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>> Just checking...see nothing in archives for this month.
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>> MM
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