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• Re: Mild Vanagon - Carpet questions
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:24:29 -0800
  ...I've done this with berber and industrial (low pile) carpeting, but never with a medium or shag pile carpet. It is pretty easy...
• Re: Hear Ye' Hear Ye' The Vanagon Tail Of Woe
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 21 May 2000 08:20:09 -0500
  I saw a news segment about an Ontario Canada man, who bought a used car.... The used car was actually 2 cars welded together...
• Re: anyone ever use carpet padding?
  Historical mailing list - J. Naser Motlagh
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 12:20:19 -0600
  I just layed wood floor at my house and had about 1000 sq ft of burbur carpet, although I did not use all of...
• Re: ReRe: Fryeday Question & MythBusters!! Naphlene
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:27:16 -0600
  With all that carbon on the valves - if it happens - one needs a way to get rid of the carbon. Don't know how...
• Rear Hatch Lock '90 Carat to '85GL???
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 7 Apr 2010 12:53:24 -0400
  Hello Everyone - I was wondering if anyone knows if I can swap the rear hatch lock mechanism from my '90 Carat into my '85...
• Free Used Springs
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Mon, 2 Oct 2000 10:36:00 -0400
  Hi all, I have replaced my old Carat springs with the Bus Depot ones which seem to preserve the OEM Carat ride height and...
• Re: 90,91 DIFFERENCES (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 13:09:59 EST
  ...1 THE 90 CARROT ONLY COMES WITH AUTO TRANS STD THE 91 4SP > IS STD WITH AUTO OPTIONAL.2 THE NEW RED COLOR WAS...
• Re: Guess what?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:21:59 +1200
  ...My 84 Caravelle needs power steering too (or is it that *I* need it?). What model car donated its power unit? All Japanese car...
• Re: 1990 Carat with Analogue Clock?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:55:15 -0400
  ...And swapped in the jump seats from a Carat so that's much nicer. I put carpet pads up front (usually) I intend to...
• Re: Buying a new VW - anyone have salesperson advice?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:16:48 -0400
  Hard to get top dollar for a used car these days, especially for a V10 powered car since everyone knows in the back of...
• Re: Praises for Carfax, was vin info
  Historical mailing list - Leif
  Thu, 3 Feb 2000 12:44:37 -0700
  ...Praises for Carfax, was vin info Good point, definitely worth it for an expensive late model used car, but I wonder how useful it...
• Re: Beetle TDI test drive (almost no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:44:47 -0400
  ...Or, if you are getting a car loan, just look at the difference in $ payment for a $10,000 car versus a $22,413...
• Re: Alignment - Self Centering
  Historical mailing list - walkingboss
  Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:04:34 -0500
  ...That point is where the load is carried, so when you push the cart forward, it goes straight, and the wheels follow. This is...
• The Corvairs go to Hollywood...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 May 96 15:54 CDT
  ...And that I wouldn't haul the cars off for him. He protested the cars wouldn't be "worth anything" to a "collector" without...
• Re: Smart Car..Wow.. NVC
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:45:16 -0400
  What is the point of buying one of these things? They cost as much as a real car and some real cars can be...
• Re: Smart Car..Wow.. NVC
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:56:05 +1200
  >Sure there are lots of cars less expensive than the Smart, but they >are cheap pieces of crapola. The Smart is a solid car...
• Re: Cleaning carpets
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  23 Jul 1996 11:30:50 -0700
  ...After you are finished with the hose, you can lift up the carpet enough to remove the hard foam pad between the carpet and...
• NVC: What Motorcycles Do Vanagon Owners Have? + Age + Cars
  Historical mailing list - Walker, Phil
  Tue, 11 May 2004 17:49:40 -0400
  ...great car - sold for $100 - well worth it) 84 Buick Century (Turd car from Mom - never changed the oil in 40K miles - died w...
• Re: Car-O-Scope Survey
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 15:35:27 -0400
  >Well, now I can say that these guys who made up the Car-O-Scope really... After listening to the Car Talk boys, Click...
• Re: Cars in Oz
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 20:26:41 +1300
  >\Above all - car are a lot cheaper in the USA. >We don't have the market to sustain ow prices here. Cars are now...
• single carat wheel FS wasRe: Carat wheel
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 22:34:52 EST
  ...not sure where I put it.... > > Also, if anyone in southern california has an extra carat wheel they dont > need.... > > i have a single...
• Re: no VW sports cars? Brakes!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 30 May 2004 16:27:12 +1200
  >That's one reason I could never call the Carmen Ghia (& Dauphine & others) a >sports car. It's brakes would be fading after one...
• Re: Carfax access
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Wed, 12 May 2004 22:04:32 -0500
  ...Access to Carfax? Hi volks! If someone has a free access to Carfax, I may have 2 VIN to check. Thanks! JP
• Re: "carat" FS on ebay PROFANITY WARNING
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 17:56:47 EST
  ...see all the other cars there w/ no plates? the vanagon has no plates either. its a used car lot. the guy is full...
• Re: My Carbon Forehead Print (on my screen)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:21:38 -0800
  ...We each individually can live a caring, semi-modest life. Personally, I'm sad to see all those millions of new cars that MUST...
• Need an after-the-fact Carfax search...Follow Up (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Sat, 29 Nov 2003 19:00:52 -0500
  Thanks to those that responded to my plea for Carfax. The info retrieved on the wife's new 02 Jetta Wagon with a VR6...
• Re: The Greatest Car Ever Built
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 15 May 2013 09:56:50 -0700
  Then the 2WD Vanagon Westy is the second greatest car ever built! Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: carpet glue
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 21:21:48 -0800
  ...carpet glueJust remember to use plenty of it - otherwise the carpet is likely to squirm around a lot. This will also make it easier...
• Re: Anyone have a Carfax I can use?
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:41:00 -0400
  ...Anyone have a Carfax I can use? I'm looking at a car tonight & will be getting the VIN... Anyone have a carfax I...
• Re: GL conversion to Carat?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 02:53:17 EDT
  ...The GL has the rear seat > that turns into a bed, as the Carat does, but I don't know if they are > the...
• Re: Rare red '91 Carat-Wolfsburg on ebay...
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:09:49 -0700
  ...VW badged the tornado red '91's as >>> Carat-Wolfsburgs..(double whammy!) IIRC these were only offered in Tornado >>> red.. >> >> The tornado red / Carat...
• Re: Carfax needed
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 22:45:30 -0700
  We have Carfax until the 16th of this month. Send your VINs to carfax@xpalendocious.com Happy hunting! Ron A -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Green Vanagons Was: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:23:15 -0700
  What...a Concert Tuba or a Sousaphone? Forty years ago I did carry either one when I rode a bike to high school (about...
• Re: de-rating tires? - was tire circumference -
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:47:46 -0500
  ---- Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > Why are they de-rated? > > I put tires rated to 1500# on a car and they are good to...
• Re: Failed Ca Smog due to Evaporative leak
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 6 Apr 2012 17:54:46 -0700
  ...The reason for not permitting anything but the ENTIRE system (from transmission to tailpipe) from being used when upgrading an older car's engine...
• Re: Thermal Insulation;
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:48:29 -0700
  ...then seat carpet. In the back, on top of the quiet car & peel & seal, the OEM floor boards, the OEM rubber backed carpet. then...
• Re: 1989 Carat - Fair price?
  Historical mailing list - SD Kraning
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 18:40:14 -0500
  Hi Tom, I just bought my '90 Carat last August here in SC for $5700.00 (they were asking $6800.00 for it at...
• Re: Aluminum door cards
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 24 Mar 2022 07:22:48 -0700
  Dave, I did cut a rear hatch card. I added a cut out the same size and shape as the one on the front...
• New Beetle and more at CarPoint
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Thu, 12 Mar 1998 11:01:22 -0800
  Not to toot my own horn, but the web site I work for here at Microsoft (CarPoint) has a ton of information on the...
• Re: Answer to: New Toy
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Sat, 25 Sep 2004 11:27:59 -0700
  ...6 months later when they called him to tell him his car had arrived they told him his car went to another dealer back...
• Re: NVC Carfax request apology and thanks
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 9 Mar 2009 09:36:54 -0700
  That's pathetic! We get Carfax requests all the time on The List. Karen, please don't take it personally - I'm sure their...
• Re: VW inline four-bangers
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:22:42 -0500
  John, Along similar lines to your thoughts, I think the problem of electric car range could be solved if four things would take place...
• Re: Cabtop Cargo Carrier?
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Thu, 27 Oct 1994 07:01:22 -0700 (PDT)
  ...We have a store chain here called "SportsRack" and > they also suggested the canvas carrier idea, but there is no way to > adjust it...
• Re: a mouse in our house...
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 01:38:04 -0700
  ...marcus wrote: > Seen the movie Two Grompie Old Men > > Per Lindgren wrote: > > > > A friend of mine had a "spare" car a couple of years...
• Re: Need a Carb Id, please
  Historical mailing list - Richard Kurtz
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 00:55:41 -0600 (CST)
  ...Modern Brazilian carb. It >is commonly sold as a 34PICT replacement, with an adapter base. > >Richard Kurtz
• Re: Thnings that go "Squish" in the night
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:28:29 -0600
  ...Put newspapers under the carpet to catch the juice. Repeat the process after the carpet is dry. I actually just went to the car...
• Re: Cargo carrier good/bad feedback for Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:19:16 -0700
  ...And a front carrier is going to hurt your gas mileage. And bad packing of items in the top luggage carrier up front can...
• FW: Top 10 gay cars (F)
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 19:37:32 -0600
  ...Top 10 gay cars (F) Some of you might be amused by this.... http://cartalk.cars.com/About/Gay-Lesbian/gay-guy1.html VW...
• Re: silver socket and collapsible spare tire
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Jan 95 22:26:48 EST
  ...John > Hugenard has the same car, but the camper lay out is different, and he > does have the socket. > > Strange.... > > /martha > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School...
• Westfalia rental (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 07:44:52 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Thanks in advance - David Carment ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International Affairs Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6 voice - (613) 788-2600-6662 fax - (613...
• Re: Re Caravan - Virus?
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:39:12 -0700
  ...Re Caravan - Virus? Just received some email with attachments from 'Caravan'. Never heard of Caravan and deleted same. Anyone aware of this sender or...
• Re: Smart Car..Wow.. NVC
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:30:36 -0400
  ...Other car companies could do the same, sell us their cheap cars that good mileage. Thanks, Bryan
• The Greatest Car Ever Built
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Wed, 15 May 2013 12:09:58 -0400
  Of course, we already knew that! http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/camping/car-camping/The-Greatest-Car-Ever-Built.html?utm_campaign=rss...
• Re: sure is quiet out there ...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Oct 94 20:26:56 EDT
  It's Thanksgiving here in Canada, that's why.......DC -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International Affairs Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6 voice - (613...
• Re: multiple questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Nov 94 11:50:14 EST
  ...How do you "accidentally" stick your key in the silver socket.....? DC -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International Affairs Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6...
• Re: Crewcab for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Farris
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 07:08:36 -0500
  ...I have however noticed that there is several request for Crewcabs posted at Classic Cars online. You can access Classic Cars at: http://www...
• Carat Syncro or Syncro Carat?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin & Lisa Sellitti
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 21:55:08 -0400
  Was the Carat ever available with a Syncro or vice versa? A friend asked me and I didn't know, I didn't think...
• And you thought Daewoo Nubria was a funny car name? (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Thomas
  Fri, 9 Jan 2004 15:52:50 -0500
  Names of Chinese cars up for sale as per Car and Driver's 10 Best Winners and Losers list. Geely Merry Chery Chery Brilliance...
• Re: Black rubber/vinyl/plastic care
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"Luke\" Lukey
  Fri, 25 Sep 1998 17:12:14 -0700
  ...On the advice of the Car Care Specialties web page (www.carcareonline.com) I purchased two products that are working great. #1. Black Again...
• Re: Friday: What's the perfect second car for Vanagon owners?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:33:07 -0700
  2nd car???? I think the last time I only had 2 cars was 1979... ;-) Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...