Welcome! When I was a newbie to my diesel Vanagon Westy this list helped me
immensely!

On Oct 3, 2016 9:13 AM, "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Welcome Joe! A number of us on here are also on the Diesel Vanagon group on
> Yahoo, where as you might suspect the dieselness of the Diesel Vanagon is
> the main are of interest. For the 90 percent of overlap between gas and
> diesel, this group has very deep Vanagon experience and very helpful
> members as you could probably tell. I have a 1983 Westy with 5-speed that
> has been upgraded to a turbo 1.6 and we love it. Even in its NA days, we
> would not have traded it for anything. Camped hundreds of times in it--so
> far! Almost 400K miles now.
>
> Jim
>
> On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 8:41 AM joe kallo <quietglow@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've been a lurker for last couple months after we finally bought our
> first
> > Vanagon, so I figure it might be time to say hi (particularly with the
> > current discussion!). My wife Allison and I are the proud owners of a '82
> > 1.6na diesel westy that had been lovingly cared for by two previous
> owners.
> > In the 2 months since we bought it, we've camped about 2 weeks (every
> > Friday and Saturday nights) and put 2k+ miles on it. I've owned a whole
> > bunch of vehicles over the years, but this has certainly been my favorite
> > so far.
> >
> > We live in Chicago, and our prime reason for getting a van is heading to
> MI
> > and WI to explore, fish, surf, etc. Most of that happens on little state
> > roads with 55mph speed limits, and of course it's pretty flat around
> here.
> > So I think less about the 1.6 being underpowered and more about it being
> so
> > awesomely simple and fuel efficient. I am quite sure I'd have a different
> > opinion if my stomping grounds were the rockies.
> >
> > I was super excited to find the Vanagon listserv. I was active on the bmw
> > 2002 list waaay back in the mid 90s, and I've always found the listservs
> > preferable to message boards etc. I've been enjoying the discussions
> here,
> > and I look forward to chatting with you all in the future.
> >
> > Best,
> > Joe
> >
>