In my case and my husband's the creamier we get with old age we might have to trade the 4wd syncro for my old 2wd !  Some days when we are tired it is a bear climbing in the syncro!

Donna87 syncro 

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On Jul 12, 2013, at 6:28 AM, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET> wrote:

> If you are looking to pass one on to the next generation, my daughter (25) will be more than happy to take it off your hands.  Gratis, I suppose.
>  
> Dave B.
>  
>  
> On 07/12/13, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>  
> My older son who is now 26 wants no part of any vehicle that needs fixing
> even though he is a service writer at a Honda dealer. At least he is in a
> VW! His 2nd Jetta. The younger one (17) is showing even less interest. I
> tired teaching him to drive one. Gave up already on the standard shift
> thing.
> 
> Dennis
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jim Felder
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:10 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Is there anyone under 60 on this list???? WAS:Wife is done with
> Vanagon a...
> 
> My plan is to raise my grandson and granddaughters to appreciate the Vanagon
> for what it is, which they already do, in hopes that they are someday ready
> to receive it and take care of it.
> 
> So far, so good.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Derek Drew derekdrew@derekmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Every freaking one of us, just about, is 60 give or take a decade.
> >
> > So, the Vanagon scene is going to die out *all at once* in about 20
> > years from now when we stop carrying ignition keys.
> >
> > In fact, I predict that it will die out in exactly the year 2030 like
> > a rock falling out of a building.
> >
> > This will be the end of the VW-van-boomers bouncing off what happened
> > in 1968 and the promise of a better less restricted life and being
> > imprinted with some meaning from the idea of VW vans with engines in
> > the back.
> >
> > The people who were five years old in 1968 were not imprinted as
> > strongly with this.
> >
> > There are parallels to what is going to happen with the end of the
> > baby boomers and the destruction of the social security system
> > economically.
> >
> > In other words.... if you want to sell your Vanagon to get your money
> > back out of it, you should sell it in the next 10 years before our
> > group begins pealing off or losing their driver's licenses due to old
> > age because then there will be a flood on the market of vans being
> > sold by old timers and fewer people to replace those fanatics.
> >
> > The only thing that can stop the flood is if the owners decide to
> > bequeath the vans to their sons or grandsons. But many of these
> > people won't really have the patience, so don't expect them to have
> > the commitment that we did. Then *they* will sell their rigs onto the
> > market, or let them rust into oblivion. You can't exactly say, "Oh,
> > its easy, just read the posts from Samba, Vanagon List, and Yahoo
> > vanagon groups and you will be all set with this vehicle. You only
> > have 1 million posts to read and understand and you will be in total
> > control."
> >
> > I myself will singlehandedly keep the scene going until 2040 because I
> > won't stop driving the vans until I crash *all* of mine due to old age
> > (or off-roading them too hard).
> >
> >
> > At 02:11 PM 7/11/2013, you wrote:
> >
> >> Buncha young squirts out here Mark....60 myself in April
> >>
> >> VWs since 1961, Buses since 1967, Vanagons since 1992 (An 80 POS and
> >> my two current 84s)
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jim Thompson
> >> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> >> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> >> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> >> 75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
> >> Full Timing From March 1999 To January 2012 oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> >> http://www.oldvolkshome.comFind me on Facebook:
> >> http://www.facebook.com/**people/Jim-Thompson/**100000710343835<http:
> >> //www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Thompson/100000710343835>
> >> *************************************
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Mark Dearing VWBrain@aol.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I just turned 60 later mark d
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> > ______________________________**_________________
> > Derek Drew
> > Washington DC / New York
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> > Email is best normally but...
> > PHONE: 202-966-7907 (Call the number at left normally) (alt/cell for
> > diligent calling only): 703-408-1532
> >