Thanks Joel for clearing the A.I.R. on this subjest.
We can count on you-

Robert
1982 Westfalia (Watercooled 2.0 inline four Golf powered)

>From: Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
>Reply-To: Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: L.A.I.R.S.(was Contact List Project )
>Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 20:23:09 -0600
>
>Keezer da Wheezer sed:
> > Should the AIRS name now have to be changed to L.A.I.R.S?
> > Liquid/Air Cooled Interstate Rescue Squad?
>
>nah. AIRS = AQUA-cooled Intrepid Rampant Sillies! :)
>
> > And the Vanagon.COM list is that representation, isn't it?(8
>years of
> > Water-cooled Vanagons)
>
>actually, the vanagon list started out as the mailing list for
>all vw buses ... from the early aircools to the latest
>watercools, including the eurovan. the list started in the spring
>of 1994 and a couple of years later, the aircools decided to
>split off into their own list (so they didn't have to listen to
>all the head gasket leak stories!). then they split into the
>type2 list (sort of more-or-less 68-79 buses, but some split
>windows still hang around. and some 80-83 aircooled vanagons are
>on there, too) and the vintagebus list (only the pre-68
>split-windows buses).
>so that leaves the vanagon list with mostly watercooled vanagons
>and a few eurovans. but there are quite a few 80-83 aircooled
>vanagons still on this list.
>
> > I think L.A.I.R.S. has a nice ring to it.
> > What do you think?
>
>as in "whatcha driving these days?"
>"a rolling lair". :)
>
>or should it be LIARS?? nah, that's for fishermen and deer
>hunters. ;)
>
>joel

Robert
1982 Westfalia 1987 Wolfsburg

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