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>Today's Topics
>Article Number 1: Re: enough! was re:passat ergonomics Article Number 2:
>[A]ircooled mailing lists! (weekly) Article Number 3: Re: rabbits in
winter
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>--------------- Article Number 1 ---------------
>.Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
>.Path:
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>et!pipex!uunet!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!eclipse!usenet
>.From: jgoss@torolab.vnet.ibm.com (Jeff Goss)
>.Subject: Re: enough! was re:passat ergonomics
>.Sender: usenet@eclipse.torolab.ibm.com (eclipse sysadm)
>.Message-ID: <JGOSS.95Feb3090923@flanker.torolab.vnet.ibm.com>
>.In-Reply-To: prhaikal@eos.ncsu.edu's message of 2 Feb 1995 16:26:32 GMT
>.Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 14:09:23 GMT
>.Lines: 30
>.References: <9502011842.A7031wk@dynamite.com>
<3gr13o$q3a@taco.cc.ncsu.edu>
>.Organization: IBM Toronto Lab
>
>>>>>> "P" == Patrick R Haikal <prhaikal@eos.ncsu.edu> writes:
>
>P> In article <9502011842.A7031wk@dynamite.com>, ryan.rahim@dynamite.com
>writes:
>
>P> |>No, what I meant was that most people value reliability, resale
value,
>more P> |>than fun to drive or handling. But since enthusiasts plan to
enjoy
>their cars, P> |>they don't mind paying a little more. (Accord vs Passat)
P>
>|>
>P> |>
>P> |> > It couldn't possible be fine engineering, excellent reliability,
P> |>
>> fine
>P> |> > ergonomics, excellent fit and finish, VTEC, double wishbones...
No, P>
>|> > not
>P> |> > possible...
>P> |>
>P> |>Ask Accord owners to explain VTEC, or double wishbones and I bet that
many
>P> |>couldn't. The mentality is more "I like this car...it get me to
work."
>(Again P> |>Accord vs. Passat)
>
>P> Perhaps true, but this only applicable if you look at a Passat vs.
Accord.
>P> The Accord is mass-marketed, so a large number would not know the fine
P>
>mechanicals. Honda has an A to B crowd (mostly Accord owners), but it P>
also
>has a fantastic enthusiast crowd (Preludes, Integras, NSXs, CRX, Civics,
P> del
>Sol). I suspect the same can be said of VW. Are Vanagon drivers P>
>enthusiasts? What about Cabrios? Jettas?
>
>What do they do for enthusiasts who outgrow their cars, though? Well, the
best
>replacement for my Prelude was a Passat VR6.
>
>Jeff Goss
>
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>
>--------------- Article Number 2 ---------------
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>.From: ekoman@u.washington.edu (Eric Oster)
>.Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
>.Subject: [A]ircooled mailing lists! (weekly)
>.Date: 4 Feb 1995 16:42:14 GMT
>.Organization: University of Washington
>.Lines: 34
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>.Keywords: mailing lists, list, bug, bus, antique, air
>
>Hello! it's time again for the weekly posting of the [A]ircooled mailing
lists
>again!
>
>REMEMBER THIS: After you subscribe to one of the lists below, you will get
an
>automated response from the mailserv!!! _*SAVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU
>GET!!!!!*_ IT TELLS YOU HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE!! IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO
WRITE
>DOWN THIS INFORMATION!!! `nuff said.
>
>To subscribe to the vintage vw mailing list, send a post to:
>
>LISTSERV@SJSUVM1.sjsu.edu, with `subscribe VINTAGVW Your Name' in the BODY
of
>the message. Covers: bug,ghia,and everything but busses. But it will get
the
>occasional bus post, too. DO NOT POST FOR SALE ITEMS IN THIS GROUP!
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>To subscribe to the vanagon mailing list, send a post to:
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>*all* type of bricks/transporters from 1949 to 1995.
>
> The THING registry! (It's NOT a mailing list, I'm told.) It's an active
list
>of owners, for parts, swaps, whatever...?
>
>THING-request@rush.cc.edu with `subscribe thing' in the body.
>
> The aircooled vw mailserver! A pretty low volume list, mainly for buying/
>selling stuff. Send mail to: ^^^^^POST FOR SALE HERE^^^
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BLANK.
>
>Eric Oster (ekoman@u.washington.edu)
>
>
>
>
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>.From: paul@nvg.unit.no (Paul Roberts)
>.Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
>.Subject: Re: rabbits in winter
>.Date: 4 Feb 1995 15:23:05 GMT
>.Organization: University of Trondheim, Norway
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>MKJohnson (johnson@ripco.com) wrote:
>
>: now if I had been in my Vanagon....I could have pushed the truck out of
the
>way
>
>You have a syncro, right?
>
>Paul.
>--
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> Paul Roberts \ \/ / 81 vanagon
University of
>Trondheim, Norway \/\/ 69 squareback email:
paul@nvg.unit.no
> - Everyone should just freeride -
http://www.nvg.unit.no/~paul/
>
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