Both of the individuals I bought my VDubs from did NOT have the fortitude to 
put up with this nonsense...

Is there a word, other than "mad" to describe this condition? I think 
"practical" fits the bill...

Practical to a fault..we serve these little utilitarian vehicles because 
what they do for us that had not been invented in really any other 
vehicle...

A simplicity to a lot of the components with a complexity in our ability to 
procure parts sometimes :-)

What better to transport my family of 8 yet work on pretty much all on my 
own...self reliance is certainly a part of it as well...

Dave
85 GL "Baby Bus"
85 "No Name still looking for exhaust"

On 9/2/05, Art McGinn <ajmcginn@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> as an almost-lifetime vw van owner i believe i've logged sufficient
> mileage to comment that it's almost funny how much chat here relates to
> whether our vdubs will make it to a destination, whether they did make
> it to a destination or whether they will make it back or did make it
> back from a destination without going up in a cloud of steam or smoke.
> what is the madness that we share in putting up with these damned
> things? art, '82 westy (ex-'82 van, ex-'68 bus)
> 
> ------------------
> 
> Jake de Villiers wrote:
> 
> Well, we're packing up to go to the Chilliwack Bluegrass Festival,
> though the weather is a little autumnal at present! Looking forward to
> playing with musical friends from around the PNW, and to seeing 
> mandolinist
> Roland White and Perfect Strangers. Hoping the new (to us) motor is
> happy in
> its new home and gets us there AND back this time! Seeya, Jake.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Bohannan" <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 10:08 AM
> Subject: NVC: Katrina got the Vanagon Community bummed out?
> 
> 
> What happened to Fryeday???
> 
> Dave
>