Wow, 273K on one van and one owner...  I'm jealous!

But what makes you think women don't like to drive standards?  Surely you
must know the wrong kinds of women.  I've never had any other kind of car,
except that unfortunately my Prius, running on an electric motor, doesn't
have gears at all.  It's awfully dull to drive, too.

Joy

:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
:::Of Sam Johnson
:::Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:21 PM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: Come out of the closet, all
:::
:::Edward,
:::           This is Sam who is black, originally from Toronto, Canada now
:::in
:::Palo Alto CA, and am still the first and only proud owner of a 1984 white
:::Westfalia bought at Owasco Volkswagen in Ontario Canada April 7th '84.
:::Presently it has 273,000 miles on the odometer and working on the second
:::engine from a wrecker in San Jose for $89.00.  All miles were personally
:::driven by myself since it has a standard gearbox of which most women are
:::afraid. The dealer has never seen this vehicle since the warranty ran out
:::in
:::1985 thanks mainly to great tips from "The List"!! A million "Thank Yous"
:::to
:::the brains here - I never could have done it without them!!   Hip! Hip!
:::Hooray!!!
:::
:::Sam