Hey, rule breaker. I thought you were supposed to wait for Friday for such
kidding around. How come I get good advice from all of you. Maybe because I
used to be a real estate broker myself. At least I'm not a used car sales
man or worse a vanagon salesman.

William Polowniak
1989 Vanagon GL
1988 Mercedes 300 SE

> Welcome aboard, John.
>
> Only piece of advice I can give you at this point is to avoid eye contact
> with BenT, Mike Miller (from Fresno), and Terry Kay.  They are bad actors.
> Heck; one of them is a real estate agent, and you know how bad that can
be.
>
> Honest.  Yeah, you CAN trust me, though.
>
> ;-) (please note winking smiley face)
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Tullier" <elefntkpr@YAHOO.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 9:10 PM
> Subject: Hello from new member
>
>
> > The name's John, and I wanted to say howdy to the
> > group and introduce myself...although I'm sure I'll be
> > well know before all is said and done.  Why is that?
> > Well, I just happen to have a 1980 VW Vanagon L
> > sitting in the driveway.  Yet, the engine now sits on
> > my carport, stripped to the block.
> >
> > I tell ya, it was like opening up the lungs on a 97
> > year old Lucky Strike smoker.  What a shame.  I always
> > get the one that was owned by "One of those guys" who
> > consider duct tape and silicon adequate tools for a
> > tune up.  Heads are toast too, the valve seat issue ya
> > know.  Oh yes, it's the 2.0L Fuel Inj. air-cooled
> > power plant.  And yes, for those who are thinking it,
> > it did run when I bought it.  Drove it for two
> > weeks...little less power than it should have had, but
> > it ran.  I can't for the life of me see how now that
> > I've seen the guts.
> >
> > Oh well, enough of that.  That should sum up what I'm
> > up against.  Any and all suggestions welcome...and
> > sarcasm always welcome...of course I have a sense of
> > humor, I bought a VW now didn't I? :)
> >
> > Looking forward to the wealth of knowledge found in
> > these forums.
> >
> > Good day and good night.
> >
> > John Tullier
> >
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