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Subject:Re: How many Vanagons have you killed?
From:Greg Potts
Date:Fri, 3 Apr 2009 17:00:57 -0400

My kill count so far is 1.5 Vanagons and 6.5 Baywindows. The .5's are  
being included in the count as shared kills.

All of them were sacrificed so that others could carry on.

The 8-passenger vanagon I parted out in 2005 was a hard choice; if I'd  
had a line on a decent engine and transmission it would have been  
worth repairing.
But I didn't, and I was lusting hard to put its nice new Agilis tires  
and the captain's chairs into my Baywindow. After working on it for a  
while I realized I had made a good decision as every time I turned a  
bolt on its rusty chassis it broke off and rained debris in my eyes.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
www.busesofthecorn.com
www.pottsfamily.ca

Quoting VW Doka <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>:

> Since today seems to be a good day for general discussion, here's a
> question for you:
>
> How many Vanagons have you sent to the great beyond (e.g., recycled,
> crushed, thrown away, etc.)?
>
> Personally, I've lost count.  But I know it's at least 30+, including
> 4 Westies and 3 Syncros (but never a Syncro Westy).
>
> I know... I know... I'm such a villian!  In my defense though, nearly
> all of them were donors that died so others could live...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>