Tyler,

As someone who owns a '66 Westy, I would advise against picking one up ... they are heaver than you might think.

On 28-Aug-2015, at 12:02, Tyler Hardison 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
>>> 
>>