I'm 38 and have the green light from the wife to buy one, if I could only find one (88-91 no rust).

We have a 9-month old and hopefully our soon to be Vanagon will be one of the things to assist us in our son still talking to us when he's 13 :)

Jason
Toronto
Currently searching North America for a Westie

On 2013-07-01, at 9:57 AM, Andrew Graydon wrote:

> Myself and my wife are 41 with two boys, 16 and 13. We bought an 82 Diesel
> Westy 1 1/2 years ago. We had come to the conclusion that sometjing was
> odd, our kids liked hanging out with us ! So twice a year, march break and
> two weeks during the summer, we take road trips in the Vanagon, we've put
> about 11, 000 miles up so far ! Most weekends the Vanagon becomes a spare
> room at the marina for 'overflow' of kids.
> 
> Yes 'Schnail' is slow, yes her engine is a bit tired, yes she puffs the odd
> cloud of smoke, yes she needs about 1/3 of her panels replaced because of
> rust. However, my sons are already planning their trios as soons as they
> get licenses :)