In a message dated 3/18/01 12:10:55 PM Mountain Standard Time,
themisanthropicmeanie@YAHOO.COM writes:

<<  think mebbe i'll call mine Big Blue (after the IBM
 supercomputer)

 i shoudl suggest to my father that he name his Silver
 lightning, his is a helluva lot faster than mine (his
 is 2.11 /w manual vs mine which is 1.9 /w auto, the
 most opposite combo you can get..as fast as possible
 vs as slow as possible.)
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Not _quite_ as slow as possible...
I have an '80 Westy with the 2.0L aircooled engine and manual transmission.
You'd blow my doors off :-)

I had called it the Vanagon Valdiz, for its propensity to leak oil like a
supertanker run aground.  But now that the engine has been rebuilt, I'm at a
loss for a name.

--Eric
Ogden Utah
The '80 Westy Formerly Known As The Vanagon Valdiz (now sans oil slick).