Well ... from a former, latent now disenfranchised flower child and hippie
retired military vet, I'm here to write that my 84 is on the road every day
... here in Northern New England.  Body work repairing and painting every
2 - 3 years.
Still going strongly at 201,000 + miles on original engine.
Sam Conant
----- Original Message -----
From: "BJ Feddish" <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: vanagon Digest - 23 Apr 2007 (#2007-423)

>>> Keep on driving that "hippie" van with an hippie way of thinking... or
> put some love and money on it and make it a superb compact camper van
> ,your
> choice. <<
>
> Here in the NE the hippie way of thinking doesn't work anymore. As far as
> regular daily driving I have not seen a beat hippy Vanagon in close to 5
> years. They simply won't last very long here being neglected like that.
>
> Now, the Philly Folk Fest, where people come from all over the country, is
> another story. I can't believe the crap some people are driving. I can't
> believe a Vanagon can be in that bad of shape and still be running. Sad
> really.
>
> Bryan