> So what's the "unhealthiest" thing(s) you've done, as regards your
> Vanagon, to keep it running, get it running, come to peace with it,
> make amends with it, or just "Keep The Love Alive"?
> It's Phrydey.

harumph!! "Phrydey" is a man's name, fer crying out loud!!
the name of the day of the week is PHRYEDAYE.
sheesh!! ;)

as relates to the "unhealthiest" things ....

  Depictus??
      by Billie Ernie Hindleg

  Under the bus that carries me,
    Black as the grease on CV balls,
  I thank whatever gods may be
    For my decrepit overalls.

  Smudges from axles, loosely gripped;
    I have not flinched nor cried aloud
  As blood from my knuckles (socket slipped)
    Has colored the surface of this shroud.

  Above these spots and greasy smears
    Are streak-ed paints of different shade,
  And stains of ketchup, mustard, beers ...
    I wear them proudly, unafraid.

  It matters not how loud the gripe
    From friends or neighbors, wives, et al ...
  I will not wash, though they be ripe,
    These funky stinking overalls.

:)
unca joel