Yeah, I once heard a call to their show from a guy I knew in Raleigh, and his car was a stock '66 or '67 Comet with a 390 and a three speed manual.� Whatever the problem, they spent the most of the segment arguing whether this was a factory setup or not.

Stephen

--- On Sun, 1/11/09, Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA> wrote:
From: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject: Re: Great Vanagon advice on Car Talk
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 5:57 PM

Hi Jack,

LOL... I know that guy. I've even played guitar with him at a campfire
or two. The voice belongs to John Baker, a founding member of the Ohio
Valley Tribe of the Full Moon Bus Club. He's a long-time member of the
type2 list, and I am sure he knows about the vanagon list. As a matter
of fact, the OVT list is already ribbing him for taking his vanagon
issues on the air instead of bringing them to their list.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
www.busesofthecorn.com
www.pottsfamily.ca

Jack R. wrote:
> Segment 6: I was married until all the VW's showed up: the struggles
of an
> air cooled guy living in a water-cooled world.
>
> http://www.cartalk.com/piplayer/cartalkplayer.html?play=06smil.xml
>
> I sent a not to Car Talk to tell this guy about our great List!
>
> Jack R.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Tom Hargrave
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 12:17 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Great Vanagon advice on Car Talk
>
> I've listened to Car Talk enough to understand their humor. Any time
they
> suggest that a caller get another like car "for parts", they are
really
> jabbing at the caller for owning the car to begin with.
>
> But they are right, we all could use a donor in the back yard to support
our
> addictions.....
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Hargrave
> www.kegkits.com
> 256-656-1924
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> JordanVw@AOL.COM
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:02 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Great Vanagon advice on Car Talk
>
> In a message dated 1/10/09 10:48:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM writes:
>
>
>> Guy with an '85 that is getting poor gas economy and they
discussed the
>> possible causes but told him he needed ANOTHER '85 Vanagon for
spare
> parts.  I
>> love it when my wife also hears advice like that on the radio.  Guess
we
> need
>> another '87 Westy, honey.
>>
>>
>
> i think callers with vanagons just call in because they know those guys
hate
> vanagons and they like to get them all fired up... lol
>