For me, they are the only vehicles available with the particular camping properties I want.  I DO NOT like them for having to repair them regularly, or because other people like them.  Rather, being a contrarian, I might like them because some people don't, especially the RV crowd, who consider them to be beneath them.  mcneely

---- Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> So, now that we've established that share the same demographic attributes
> with collectors of Lawrence Welk 78s, you have to wonder WHY.
>
> Did we catch the bus fever at the right age, when there was only one bus to
> guide us?
>
> Did we come into our affluent car-buying years when Vanagons were new
> enough to even think about driving them without repairing them?
>
> Is it to hell with fashion?
>
> Is it a passion for utility?
>
> Is it fooling with stuff as anachronistic as we are?
>
> Does Vanagon ownership take getting over a lot of other stuff (British
> cars, for me) first?
>
> Does Vanagon ownership require the kind of patience that is the only reward
> for old age?
>
> Did we get tired of just driving around fast and thinking that was fun?
>
> There must be a reason we are keeping these things alive... if it isn't the
> other way around.
>
> Jim

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David McNeely