Date:         Sat, 25 Dec 1999 01:16:30 +0100
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
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From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon futures?
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Ron Lussier wrote:

> Since it's Friday, has anyone else been thinking about how we're going to
> keep our Vanagons in the far future?
>
> I often fantasize about retrofitting my Vanagon with a fuel cell engine, or
> perhaps with a "Mr. Fusion".  Sometimes I think about how my Vanagon would
> look with anti-grav modifications, floating about 4' above the ground.
>
> I fantasize about this because I *don't* want to be driving the only
> poluting vehicle on the planet, but I also *don't* want to give up my baby.
> Anyone else think about these things?

Coyote,

Seriously, I really do not believe that neither you or I will live long enough
to see cars floating 4" over the road, and I believe cars will not have changed
that much in the years we have left on this planet. Unless you plan on
returning in a later life, and resurrecting your Vanagon that is.

Just take a look at what the 50's Deetroit car designers envisioned we'd be
driving in the year of 1995, and you'll see what I mean. I really doubt they
thought that we'd be driving around in 30's developed Bugs, and their
descendants. They probably thought we'd be living on the Moon, if not Mars.

Seasons greetings,

PerL
87 Syncro 112i