Hi Jim,

I already do this. My answer: vw scirocco (mine is an 82). Not sure I call
the scirocco a second choice. For me, these two vehicles are loved for
their differences and what one can do that the other can't sort of thing.

Dick.... back me up?

Thanks,
T.

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> By now, many or most of us on this list have spent some serious time and
> money making our Vanagons back into the capable, fun vehicles they were
> when they first rolled off the dealer's lot.
>
> They are well designed and well manufactured with good materials. They
> serve the needs of their owners so well that many would agree that there
> has been no replacement for them made earlier or later, and most of us
> would agree that is the reason they get the attention lavished on them that
> they do.
>
> So, given that some cars have "that certain something" and they warrant
> being kept and restored, what would be your second choice to give the same
> money and attention toward (as if that were possible for most people)?
>
> I am not looking for dream cars or exotics, but ordinary production cars
> that were well made and a joy to drive that should be resurrected from the
> scrapyards of history.
>
> I started thinking about this the other day when I was driving behind a
> 1983 Honda Accord hatchback, another car that probably has never quite been
> equalled in its utility and fun-to-drive-ness.
>
> If you could keep and drive a car as a compliment to your Vanagon, what
> would it be?
>
> Jim
>