I live in a group house with five other people, three of who also own Volkswagens. There's my 70 bus, Pete's 70 bus, Ethan's 80 bus, and Jen's 84 Jetta (well what can you do, she had bought a water cooled car before I met her. I tried to get her to sell it and buy a bug or bus, but no dice). Also, my friend Ralph occasionally brought his 72 Bug over. We've lived there for a year and a half and this odd notion just came over me recently. My bus has bee nin and out of commission for the past 1.5 years (more out than in unfortunately). Jen's car died soon after she moved in. Pete has never gotten his bus running. And Ethan's has just died. However, in looking at the cycle of when they died, Pete's arrived there and has always been there dead. He put a newly rebuilt engine in it soon after we moved in and actually got it started. Then, I bought my bus. His engine started making clanky noises, sounded like a thrown rod. Then, my bus oil cooler seals blew in the middle of freezing winter, snow on the ground, no way to work on it. This happened right around the time that Jen moved in with her working Jetta. We finally got around to fixing my bus during some clear ground time, and soon after it was running, Jen's car died. My car died over the summer and we were running Volkswagenless. Pete got a new engine to try and put it in, it sounded fine, etc. Then Ethan moved in with his Vanagon and Pete's engine started blowing oil from somewhere! Keeps blowing oil tower seals from a clog somewhere! Well, I went out and spent about $800 on a new engine and extra stuff for it and just got mine started last night. Ethan's died Sunday! Coincidence or spooky Volkswagen karma!!! Regardless of what it is, I am taking a sledgehammer to the other three tonight to make sure mine stays running!!!!! Our house karma, and Volkswagens joel jwalker@ua1vm.ua.edu
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