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Date:         Sat, 4 Feb 1995 15:23:08 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Derek Drew <derekdre@pipeline.com>
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>From derekdre@pipeline.com Sat Feb 4 15:15 EST 1995 >Received: from pipe3.pipeline.com (pipe3 [198.80.32.43]) by pipeline.com >(8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id PAA18685 for <derekdre@pipeline.com>; Sat, 4 Feb >1995 15:15:54 -0500 >Received: (derekdre@localhost) by pipe3.pipeline.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) id PAA00215 >for derekdre@pipeline.com; Sat, 4 Feb 1995 15:15:53 -0500 >Message-Id: <199502042015.PAA00215@pipe3.pipeline.com> >From: The-Newsbot@pipeline.com >Date: Sat Feb 4 15:15:28 EST 1995 >Subject: Your digest for Newsbot Query Vanagon_Mentioned >Apparently-To: derekdre@pipeline.com >Content-Type: text >Content-Length: 5345 > >Digest-Name: Vanagon_Mentioned > >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 >*************** Beginning of Digest *************** > >--------------- Article Number 1 --------------- >.Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving >.Path: >news.pipeline.com!news.cs.columbia.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.n >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$q3a@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> >.Organization: IBM Toronto Lab > >>>>>> "P" == Patrick R Haikal <prhaikal@eos.ncsu.edu> writes: > >P> In article <9502011842.A7031wk@dynamite.com>, ryan.rahim@dynamite.com >writes: > >P> |>No, what I meant was that most people value reliability, resale value, >more P> |>than fun to drive or handling. But since enthusiasts plan to enjoy >their cars, P> |>they don't mind paying a little more. (Accord vs Passat) P> >|> >P> |> >P> |> > It couldn't possible be fine engineering, excellent reliability, P> |> >> fine >P> |> > ergonomics, excellent fit and finish, VTEC, double wishbones... No, P> >|> > not >P> |> > possible... >P> |> >P> |>Ask Accord owners to explain VTEC, or double wishbones and I bet that many >P> |>couldn't. The mentality is more "I like this car...it get me to work." >(Again P> |>Accord vs. Passat) > >P> Perhaps true, but this only applicable if you look at a Passat vs. Accord. >P> The Accord is mass-marketed, so a large number would not know the fine P> >mechanicals. Honda has an A to B crowd (mostly Accord owners), but it P> also >has a fantastic enthusiast crowd (Preludes, Integras, NSXs, CRX, Civics, P> del >Sol). I suspect the same can be said of VW. Are Vanagon drivers P> >enthusiasts? What about Cabrios? Jettas? > >What do they do for enthusiasts who outgrow their cars, though? Well, the best >replacement for my Prelude was a Passat VR6. > >Jeff Goss > >--------------- End Article Number 1 --------------- > >--------------- Article Number 2 --------------- >.Path: >news.pipeline.com!swiss.ans.net!gatech!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!news.u.washin >gton.edu!news.u.washington.edu!ekoman >.From: ekoman@u.washington.edu (Eric Oster) >.Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw >.Subject: [A]ircooled mailing lists! (weekly) >.Date: 4 Feb 1995 16:42:14 GMT >.Organization: University of Washington >.Lines: 34 >.Message-ID: <3h0ap6$ja@nntp1.u.washington.edu> >.NNTP-Posting-Host: homer04.u.washington.edu >.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! > >To subscribe to the vanagon mailing list, send a post to: > >listserv@lenti.med.umn.edu with `subscribe vanagon Your Name' in the BODY.

>*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^^^ >mailserv@cc.owu.edu with SUBSCRIBE aircldvw in the body. Leave subject BLANK. > >Eric Oster (ekoman@u.washington.edu) > > > > >--------------- End Article Number 2 --------------- > >--------------- Article Number 3 --------------- >.Path: >news.pipeline.com!swiss.ans.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!bloom-beacon.mit.e >du!eru.mt.luth.se!news.luth.se!sunic!ugle.unit.no!paul >.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 >.Lines: 13 >.Message-ID: <3h064p$6kr@due.unit.no> >.References: <3g9v8v$csv@grape.epix.net> <3ggtjv$ecq@hptemp1.cc.umr.edu> ><D3Awt4.231@rci.ripco.com> >.NNTP-Posting-Host: trondviggo.nvg.unit.no >.X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] > >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. >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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/ > >--------------- End Article Number 3 --------------- >*************** End Of Digest ************** > -- Derek Drew New Models In Information Age Retailing 212-580-6486


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