This list never fails to crack me up at an opportune time� vbg

Jim, your joke of the last remaining (failsafe) part of a Vanagon would be the spare tire�
Priceless�. hah, ha, ha-ha�.

I've camped with Dennis, long ago at WestRiver Westies in Vermont� Recall that crazy Wind/Rain Storm that year Dennis?
Dennis is so wonderfully direct and concrete; always generous with his help and assistance.
In a way, the spare is not a failure point� it's a spare tire� carried around as excess weight�
Kinda like a boat anchor� worth nothing until one needs it!

Unless one still carries the original Continental 185SRx14 spare tire in the clam-shell.
That's not a failsafe spare part, that's an accident waiting to happen�:-(

A toast to all Gerry Vanagon friends old and new� Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings�

Phil Z
on his rock off the West Coast
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Jim scribbled:
It wouldn't be the first time that happened on this list ; )
Merry Christmas!
Jim
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On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> The best of tires can and do fail! So if I can eliminate them I get rid of that failure point.
> The spare doesn't affect me until one of the other fail, right? So why get  rid of that one?
>
> I think I miss-read your joke.
> Dennis