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Date:         Wed, 10 Jul 1996 18:04:01 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         JonR <jonr@empire.net>
Subject:      Re: Go with the split

> I'm for the split. > > Air-cooled's are still in production. Advances, improvements are continually > being made. My 1965 bus runs better than it did when new. > > Water-cooled's are orphans, not even supported by VW any longer, save in the > peripheral sense. Valient efforts by a few to keep them alive thru engine > transplants generally get short shrift from their peers. > > Over the last couple of years of Vanagon list activity I've gained a strong > impression that the typical owner of a water-cooled VW van is not only less > mechanically adept than air-cooled owners, they seen less willing to acquire > the skills and invest in the tools that would keep their orphaned vehicles > alive, a failure of spirit -- or Fear of Grease -- that virtually assures > such machines will end up on the junk heap. > > -Bob I'm glad I'm not your typical water-cooled van owner...

Definitely NOT in favor of a list split... I love my Vanagon... Mostly for the Great Heat... I did my own Head repair, own $$$ in tools for repair of both air and water-cooled VWs... I own 2 air-cooled 'Dubs ('64 & '68 beetles) as well as an Audi 4000S...

if the list split, I would have to subscribe to both as well as the KG list, the Quattro List and the VintageVW list....

that would be almost too many to handle... but I wouldn't want to give up hearing from any of you Folks...!!!

JonR

Bus folks are Bus folks....we're a minority already let's not divide ourselves.....!!


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