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Date:         Thu, 16 Jul 1998 09:28:40 -0400
Reply-To:     DavidM <dmc@CYBURBAN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         DavidM <dmc@CYBURBAN.COM>
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Subject:      Re: Anyone not having problems?VW
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susan hafler wrote: > > >ELUSIVE VW "KARMA"! > > i feel uniquely qualified to answer this, given that i'm entering week 5 > of the tranny rebuild from hell... surely everyone on this list knows my > story but it's so therapeutic to talk about it, please indulge me. my > tranny died 24, yes, 24 hours before i was to leave on a three-month > vacation out west. and due to lots o' interesting complications, i > haven't left yet. > > but i gotta say, fellow listees, that i still LOVE my van, magnus. she's > cute, she's got style, she speaks to that part of me that appreciates > having my bedroom, living, kitchen, dining room and basement and at > least two of my favorite mountain biking friends -- and our stuff -- > along for the ride. i've thought about getting another vehicle, but at > this stage in the game, magnus and i are PFL (partners for life). i may > get a slightly more fuel-efficient, low(er) maintenance car later in > life, but my van and i are in it for the long haul. > > in retrospect, had i known about the expense and potential frequency of > repairs that accompany vanagons, i may have held onto my 90 honda civic > wagon

Just curious, what was your Honda's name?


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