Date:         Wed, 10 Jul 1996 19:21:39 -0700
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         ddes@anet-dfw.com (David Schwarze)
Subject:      RE: Go with the split

At 5:48 PM 7/10/96, "William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648"
<kennedy@admin.nj wrote:

>the craft.  This hasn't just affected van owners:  What are the cars from
>the late 80s and early 90s that people are messing with for fun?  Are
>there any?

There are.  My '87 fuel-injected, computer-brained Mustang has gone under
the wrench several times, and never to replace something that broke.  I
modify it so it will turn faster and accelerate harder at the track.
Definately something I do for fun.  Of course, there's a whole 'nother
mailing list that I subscribe to just for this purpose.  There are a lot of
parallels to this list, including a pretty strong community spirit.

I don't think the list splitting will be the end of the vanagon@lenti
community, but if it were my choice I would leave it as a single list, and
those people who cannot or will not learn how to effectively handle their
e-mail can leave.  Boy do I sound grumpy today or what?  :-)

>Maybe the Splitting of the List is the End of History as far as hobbyist
>cars.  From here on the cars-with-points last forever, until their owners
>sand them to death prepping them for their 10th repaint.  The cars-with-
>Hall-Effect remain as appliances, their enthusiast owners reduced to
>debating round vs square headlights and how high to lift which end to
>bleed the radiator.

I sure hope not...


-David

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David Schwarze                   '73 VW Safare Custom Camper       (Da Boat)
Dallas, Texas, USA               '73 Capri GT 2800                (Da Beast)
e-mail: ddes@anet-dfw.com        '87 Mustang Lx 5.0          (13.986@100.81)
http://www.anet-dfw.com/~ddes    '93 Weber WG-50                  (Da Piano)
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