Indeed, to be a vanagon owner you must have the "glass is half full," or
more appropriately "the glass still has a drop left in it-maybe" mentality.

I fool myself into genuinely believing that my vanagon runs good and is
reliable, yet if I objectively evaluate it, the vehicle requires constant
tinkering and breaks down every other month (although most often the
incident is very minor). Owner's of any other vehicle would not stand for
such performance.

Just this last weekend I missed out on a three-Westy camping trip that had
been planned for several months because my Westy took a $#!@. This morning,
I found myself looking at it with a slight smile daydreaming of whether the
next getaway in it would be to the mountains or to the coast!!!!! Call me
stupid, or better yet call me a Vanagon owner.

----- Original Message -----
From: "TJ Hannink" <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 7:40 PM
Subject: Something only a Vanagon owner could come up with

>I was checking out some Vanagons on eb*Y and came across something that
> only a Vanagon owner could come up with: "This is a Wolfsburg edition,
> comes with AC-works but does not blow cold."
>
> I know with most other types of vehicle, if the A/C isn't blowing cold,
> most people would say that it's not working. The reason for A/C is to cool
> off the vehicles interior, isn't it? Would anyone say that the heater
> works, but it does not blow hot?
>
> Sorry, been a long hard week.
>
>
>
>
> TJ Hannink
> Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
> 1981 Bluebird Wanderlodge, FC-33
> Winter Park, Florida
> http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
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