I wonder how many of these fires are actually caused by failed fuel lines.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Don Hanson
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 6:15 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Friday Philosophy: On the nature of Repair

Lotta times people buy a Vanagon but end up with a BarBQ instead.  If they
neglect to check on fuel lines, that is.

   Sorry, not Friday...but there is van content...

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> About  the BBQ grill wastefullness...
> most of my vanagons cost less to acqure than what a semi-fancy BBQ
> grill costs new!
>
> but those people will never be clever enough, or worthy of vanagon
> ownwershipeither.
>
>
> On 1/18/2013 4:46 PM, Joe T. wrote:
>
>> I think that Vanagons are starting to become like the 1950's American
>> cars that the Cubans are even still continuing to fix and use.
>> Creativity, ambition, and mechanical skills go a long way.  Just
>> another reason why making old stuff continue to work is better in so
>> many ways than giving up and buying new stuff.
>>
>> I get especially disgusted when I see perfectly good BBQ grills out
>> for garbage pickup, when I've rebuilt my trusty Kenmore gas grill
>> twice in thirteen years and it still makes a badass steak....
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Joe T.
>> Denver
>> '85 Wolfsburg Westy Subie 2.2
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>        I'm guessing we only have a few more years of being "Vanagon
>>> Fixers"
>>> before they become too valuable as collector's vehicles to be used and
>>> broken, then repaired....except by the Silver Spoon set.   Oh, there
will
>>> be the odd 'deal' vanagon left around, but they'll probably become
>>> valuable
>>> and too "good" to drive everyday.    Or, they'll be legislated off the
>>> road
>>> somehow...
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Joe T.
>> '85 Wolfsburg Westy Subie 2.2
>>
>>