----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Palmer" <icecoldvw@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: State Your Ages!

> Let me begin by saying how nice it is to put a little history behind the
> names that I've been reading for so long.
>
> I'm 32 and have had my 85 Westfalia GL for 11 years.

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>I had bought it about July 1 2002, to take on a trip
> to New Orleans and Memphis for my 21st birthday

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> Jeff
> 1985 Westfalia GL
> 1969 Type III notchback
> 1973 Safari ("Bread") now with a caring neighbour

    So I enjoy reading my list email each day, not only for the interesting
anecdotes and 'entertaining' personalities (ahem); but also for the wealth
of information on what can go wrong with these vehicles and, in particular,
what can be done to fix them. I also enjoy my Vanagon (most of the time) but
Jeff, if you're telling me that one of the performance and/or design issues
with these things is that they can age you 11 years in just under two years
I'm gonna get rid of the damn thing quick.

    Come to think of it, as often as these things need their TLC, I suppose
they could put the years on ya... or at least feel like it. Maybe that
accounts for the 'senior slant' to the demographics of this list?

All in fun,
Robert

1987 Vanagon GL (the wife wants to name it 'Garcia'?)