Love It Always!

jOHN

On 4/30/2013 9:52 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> Driven Daily!
> Fueled Weekly!
> Fixed Monthly!
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of T
> Collins
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 10:11 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: daily driver Vanagons
>
> I had been working in making some stickers....If I get it together would
> anyone else be interested in getting something along the lines of We defy
> aerodynamics, daily driven!
>
> el tr
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Dake Collins <wuwe423@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Wu-Wei, my '84 Westy, has been my daily driver, constant companion and
>> home-on-the road for 4 or 5 month a year for the past 8 years. When
>> I'm not on the road I live on a poorly maintained dirt road in Maine;
>> we've familiar with salt, frost heaves and the other assorted
>> pleasures of living in paradise.
>> I'm the third person to be entrusted with the care and feeding of Wu-Wei.
>> The guy I got her from took reasonable care of her but didn't use her
> much.
>> Lat summer I had the unexpected pleasure of a chance meeting the
>> original owner. He bought her in Germany in 1984, toured Europe,
>> brought her back to Rochester, NY and used her as a daily driver for a few
> years.
>> So, for most of the last 29 years she's been a daily driver on the
>> salt encrusted roads of the northeast.  She's had good care and
>> regular maintenance. The good care, at least during my tenure with
>> her, has been due, in large part, to the kindness and knowledge of the
>> community of kindred spirits who have also been entrusted with the
>> awesome responsibility of a Westy. The financial burden of maintaining
>> Wu-Wei has been less than a car payment. I love my Westy!
>> Dake
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>   From: Bill Monk <billmonk@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 3:33 PM
>> Subject: Re: daily driver Vanagons
>>
>>
>> Look here for a stainless collector:
>>
>>
>> http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23772&category_id=366&ca
>> tegory_parent_id=
>>
>> Lifetime warranty...
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Apr 26, 2013, at 3:09 PM, John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>>> Been driving my 91 in northern MI winters since '91 and it shows.
>>> Exhaust system could be wrangled to last 4 years max. Got smart and
>>> installed one of Frank Condellis' systems about 8 years ago. Now the
>>> only maintenance
>> is
>>> the occasional gasket and that iron collector piece that has no
>>> stainless version. Got the SS coolant tower and that thermostat to
>>> water pump pipe that likes to hold a drip of salty water on it till it
> rusts a hole.
>>>
>>> POR 15, Undercoating and Stainless Steel. Rubber Steering hoses and
>> nickel
>>> alloy brake lines. Keeping it alive!
>>>
>>> John Meeks
>>> '91 Vanagon MV Phoenix
>>> Stock 2.1 250K miles
>>> Northern Michigan
>>>
>>> Vanagon Rescue Squad <
>> http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon-Rescue-Squad74.htm>
>>> Android and iOS apps
>>>
>>> www.vanagonauts.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Craig Cowan
>>> <phishman068@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> i too am daily driving an east coast bus. I have a winter bus and a
>> summer
>>>> bus, and as Chris stated, the crap they put on the roads out here
>>>> is
>> just
>>>> epicly bad!
>>>> I had an exhaust last ONE YEAR on that bus!
>>>>
>>>> But as also stated, they make great daily drivers!
>>>>
>>>> -Craig
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:42 AM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In a message dated 4/26/2013 11:23:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>>> mdrillock@COX.NET writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have  been using one as a DD for about 20 years. First an 86,
>>>>> then
>> and
>>>>> 88, now an  87. The versatility is beyond compare. With the middle
>>>>> seat out I can load  the floor area with tons of tools and still
>>>>> have plenty of room for  drywall, plywood, etc. I also have a few
>>>>> campers that I
>> use
>>>>> for trips. The  type and length of trip determines which one I  take.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> a daily driver vanagon on the west coast is doable.   unfortunately
> not
>>>>> here on the east coast.   the salt used on the  roads and the greater
>>>>> temperature extremes and humidity makes parts  deteriorate faster
>>>>> than
>> in
>>>>> a dry arid
>>>>> west coast climate.  they are  expensive enough to maintain, i
>>>>> cant financially justify body panel and exhaust  replacement every
>>>>> few years due to corrosion..
>>>>
>>
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