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Subject:Re: umbrella question about reliability
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Sat, 24 Jan 2004 17:58:02 -0500

Richard Golen wrote:
> Speaking from the shores of Buzzard's Bay.....you can't teach an old salty
> dog new tricks...and you can't teach a Vanagon owner to go out and buy a
> Dodge Caravan!!

I might have been tempted, if there was a Dodge Caravan Westfalia.  But
I'm not sure I'd have any more confidence in a van assembled from K-car
parts than I do in the Vanagon.  Most of the Caravans I see are trailing
dense clouds of blue smoke.

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David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 VW Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon