Rich,

That's where I'm from.  You can take the boy out of Colorado, but it's
nearly impossible to take the Colorado out of the boy.  I grew up with a
1972 Type 2 bay window and I think you can say pretty much the same thing
about busses.

MT

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Richard A Jones
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:30 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Heart vs. Head

In early '82 I was tired of freezing coming back down to Boulder from
skiing, so I wanted something with HEAT.  [My '76 bay window had heat, after
APRIL....]

I looked at a new Vanagon (with gas heater) and at Volvos, which were THE
car in Boulder then. [Now replaced with Subarus.]

Kids were 7 and 9.  Without hesitation, they said "VW!"

We had great trips in that '81, gas heater running for hours on end in the
winter.  I drove lots of jeep roads before I learned that it wasn't like a
splitty....

http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/nebr.jpg
http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/DV/one.html
http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/chaco.gif
http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/gobblinvw.jpg

I still have it.  If God told me to shrink from four vehicles to one, I
swear, I think I'd stick with the air-cooled Vanagon.

Richard