She does it on purpose.  The only one that laughs is Mick in Hawaii, and
that only lasts until I show up at his front door with his Christmas gift,
BenT.

Mike

> From: Dave Baker <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM>
> Reply-To: Dave Baker <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM>
> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 14:39:02 -0600
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Lowering kit?
>
> Merry Christmas and welcome to the club of Vanagon owners whose vehicles
> don't fit into their garage!  We're having our first really cold snap of the
> year here, so I dutifully went out this morning to test the specific gravity
> of the antifreeze.  Poor Wolfy is sitting at the foot of my driveway with
> the occasional flake of snow wafting down upon him.  And to make matters
> worse, I just read Phaedra's wonderful email from the sunny beaches of
> Mexico!  No bad days, eh?
>
> Dave in KC
> 85 Westy
> http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1/westy/westy.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: joseph Trussell <joetruss@HOTMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 1:57 PM
> Subject: Lowering kit?
>
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> This isn't very important but I thought I'd share, being that it's
> Christmas
>> Eve and all.
>>
>> I just bought the 1985 GL on the same weekend that my girlfriend and I
> moved
>> into our new house, complete with a two-car garage and plenty of room to
>> work on my new treasure.
>>
>> I got the boxes and unpacking-stuff cleared out of my space yesterday, and
>> pulled my Vanagon around to get her in out of the cold.  It's an old
> garage,
>> apparently built in a time of smaller automobiles, and subsequently my
>> Vanagon doesn't fit.  About two inches clearance would be necessary for
> her
>> to get in that warm, dry garage, but as it stands, she's relegated to the
>> street.
>>
>> Bummer.
>>
>> Happy Holidays!
>> Joe T.
>> Denver, CO
>> 1985 Vanagon GL (as of yet, still unnamed)
>>
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