At  8/4/2006 12:18 PM, Old Volks Home wrote:
>The better the construction, the longer they
>do last, but that of course is dependant on where you're at, the Rust Belt
>verses the almost Rust-Free Left Coast (PNW excepted).

I was on a 13 year vacation to the upper mid-west. 5 yrs just north
of Chicago, a couple of years in Michigan (Traverse City) and 6 years
is northern Minnesota (Bemidji area).
At the end of that time we returned to Washington state (PNW).
The first thing I noticed were the mountains, the second thing was
the rust free condition of the cars... ALL the cars. Then I started
noticing all the VW buses.

When someone lumps the "PNW" in with the "rust belt" I really have to
wonder where they are coming from. There are NO rusty cars out here
(that didn't come from Illinois or Minnesota), take a trip back there
and see what a rusty car looks like.
<Shrug>, JMO...

Rob
becida@comcast.net
'87 Wolfsburg Vanagon in western WA