WE need to have somebody write an app for us where we can answer
questions. It could be a free app, or better yet charge and use the
money for help funds for needy/stranded vanagonites.

Any programmers out there?

Jim

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Mark A Kippert <vanagon@kippert.com> wrote:
> I bought the app for the heck of it, even though I already own a Vanagon (turns out it's a buyers guide). As a Vanagon owner part of the Introduction did rub me the wrong way just a bit as it reads:
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> "...whatever its suit of cloths, a Bus is still a Bus, and between the product of 1950 and 1979 (and to a lesser extent that of 1990) each is a Volkswagen and built in a similar style."
>
> Our Vanagon is, less, of a Bus? Less, of a Volkswagen?
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> They also refer to the three generations of "widely recognized nicknames", the 'Splitties', 'Bay window' and "the unflattering title of 'Wedge'".
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> Wedge?? I don't ever recall hearing a Vanagon called a Wedge. However as I got further into reading the app I realized it was written in the UK and most of the focus is on Europe.
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> It's a neat little app (actually I'd call it a portable book), some nice pictures and videos, but if you already own a Bus, there's not much you're going to learn from it. Save your $3.99.
>
>
> Mark K
> 1986 GL/2WD/4SPD
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>
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> On Jan 17, 2010, at 8:12 PM, Peter T. Owsianowski wrote:
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>> Anybody see this?
>>
>> It bills the app as an "Expert on your iPhone"
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>> http://www.easier.com/64819-volkswagen-expert-iphone.html
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>> The Richard Copping mentioned in the article has written many books on VW
>> buses.
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>>
>> Pete
>> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
>> '87 Westy "JoesVan"
>> WWW.Busesbythebeach.com
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