In a message dated 1/20/10 11:51:38 AM Eastern Standard Time,
mdrillock@COX.NET writes:

> Chris, you explained that the owner manual PHOTOS were sometimes just
> there from a European model and that is what I replied to. The TEXT
> using the word chrome was certainly not just carried over from a
> European model. I have seen enough late Vanagons with steel caps to
> believe that SOME came that way. Whether they shipped that way or
> dealers installed them later I can't say and don't much care.
>
> I don't consider the pictures in the manuals to prove much since the
> books through 86 show the early plastic caps and steel ones while the
> later plastic caps show up in the 87 book along with the steel. I think
> the change in plastic happened a couple years sooner than reflected in
> the book photos.
>
>

You know its all in fun, mark :)    but you have to admit this inane thread
is slightly more amusing than another tire thread!!!

one thing i DO know is that the plastic wheelcovers make better frisbees
and are less painful when you get hit in the head with one than the chrome
moonies do  (i know this from experience).

the chrome moonies can also double as a frying pan (if you dont mind the
taste of rust and wheelbearing grease) or a dog water bowl.

its ashame its not friday yet!

chris