Date:         Fri, 29 May 1998 19:12:07 +0200
Reply-To:     Calle Fallberg <calle.fallberg@SWIPNET.SE>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Calle Fallberg <calle.fallberg@SWIPNET.SE>
Subject:      Why buy a Vanagon or friday at last
Comments: To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Hi listees....
Well since itīs friday Iīd like to take the chance to tell you ībout my
reason for buying
a Vanagon.
Iīm breeding Belgian Shepherd Dogs -tervueren ( for those of you who
donīt know the
breed it looks like a mix between Rin-tin-tin and Lassie and is about
the same size too)
an has always been driving around in rusted old Volvo station wagons,
since they are
both cheap and roomy - though dull !!
But with four dogs and an engine breakdown on the latest -245 I started
looking for somehing a bit bigger.
I looked at Toyota Hi-Ace ( too boring) Chevy Astro ( way to expensive)
and even a Suburban before I came across this VW Vanagon with 75000
miles driven for ībout
1400$ and there was no hesitation at all!
I bought it!
To my surprise Iīts almost rust free, has both summer and studded tires
and - apart from
some of the usual Digifant errors- runs like a champ!
Iīve started to redo the interior a bit, gonna have dog cages on top of
the engine and a seat / table that could convert to a bed but itīs gonna
work as a daily commuter to my work -25 miles- too so there is nothing
fancy to be done!
Bu do you know what the best part of it all is ???
I find the car so amusing to drive that I go on 3-400 mile trips almost
every weekend just for the fun of it and always with a big happy grin on
my face :-) :-)
So keep on going, hope ya all enjoy both the Vanagon and this very
useful list as much as I do!!!
Calle Fallberg , living in the middle of Sweden with
1 -88 Vanagon
4 BSD
1 SAAB-99 -79
1 Broke Volvo 245 -75
and my girlfriend