Date:         Thu, 22 Sep 94 8:52:44 PDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Schwarze <schwarze@io.nosc.mil>
Subject:      Re: Car Talk

Stuart Redford writes:
> 
> 	But, Frankly, Wolfsburg designed some real pieces-o-shit starting around
> 	'72. The designs that were once conducive to fix-it-yourself, were  
> 	getting pretty unfriendly. I wouldn't own a bus from 72 > 78. And that
> 	Type IV. Gawd! 

Well, I wouldn't go that far.  I didn't really like the idea of having a
73 bus either, but I got a great deal on it, and it has provided me with
6 years of good camping now.  Even with the less-than-perfect type IV
engine, when compared to other RV's, it haas the advantages of getting a
consistent 20 mpg, and being able to go places where no other RV could
dream about going.  I routinely scare my passengers by driving up old
dirt mining and logging roads that are classified for 4-wheel drives, but
that is the only way to really "get away from it all", as far as I am
concerned, and there are times when I need to do that.  Piece of shit
indeed!

-David

=============================================================================
David Schwarze			'73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat)
SAIC Comsystems, San Diego	'73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast)
schwarze@nosc.mil		'87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser?  Soon...)
=============================================================================