I'd love a splittie to look at but not to drive. Same with a bay, really,
though they are a great improvement. Right now my car that "does what the
vanagon doesn't" is a 2002 Jetta TDI. AC, mileage, comfort, quiet. The
Anti-gon.

Jim

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Tyler Hardison <tyler@seraph-net.net>
wrote:

> For me, I'd love to pick up a splittie. Even an early bay.
>
> But jeeps are my second love.
>
> On Friday, August 28, 2015, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > You can't ask a car nut that kind of question. Too many options.  I do
> > like the circa '88 Accord hatchback (with flip-up headlights).  Very nice
> > looking little car and probably much like our current '05 Civic with some
> > added coolth. Probably the sanest choice from a list which includes the
> > following:
> > Merkur Skorpio or XR4Ti,Mazda 323 GTX (turbo AWD),Nissan Sentra SE-R from
> > the early '90s,VW Quantum Syncro Wagon,continues for quite some time...
> > Stephen
> >
> >
> >      On Friday, August 28, 2015 10:31 AM, T Collins <
> tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >  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
> > >
> >
>