On Apr 19, 2006, at 8:14 AM, Bill Collins wrote:

> I know its only Tuesday, but I think the Honda Element is the closest
> current version of a practical/utilitarian vehicle that VW originally
> marketed but since has forgotten about.

Click and Clack said the Element is the spiritual successor to the
Vanagon.

two things about that

one - click and clack have not spoken well enough of vanagons to merit
the right to spiritual commentary

and two - taking apart the interior of one of those elements is a lot
like feeding snapping turtles by hand -

my vanagon has no spiritual successor - it is itself, itself alone -
like all sentient beings : )

84 gl - gas burning guilt ridden climate wrecking friend - i love it so