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>Today's Topics 
>Article Number 1: Re: enough! was re:passat ergonomics Article Number 2:  
>[A]ircooled mailing lists! (weekly) Article Number 3: Re: rabbits in
winter  
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>--------------- Article Number 1 --------------- 
>.Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving 
>.Path:  
>news.pipeline.com!news.cs.columbia.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.n 
>et!pipex!uunet!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!eclipse!usenet 
>.From: jgoss@torolab.vnet.ibm.com (Jeff Goss) 
>.Subject: Re: enough! was re:passat ergonomics 
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>.In-Reply-To: prhaikal@eos.ncsu.edu's message of 2 Feb 1995 16:26:32 GMT 
>.Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 14:09:23 GMT 
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>.References: <9502011842.A7031wk@dynamite.com>
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>.Organization: IBM Toronto Lab 
> 
>>>>>> "P" == Patrick R Haikal <prhaikal@eos.ncsu.edu> writes: 
> 
>P> In article <9502011842.A7031wk@dynamite.com>, ryan.rahim@dynamite.com  
>writes: 
> 
>P> |>No, what I meant was that most people value reliability, resale
value,  
>more P> |>than fun to drive or handling.  But since enthusiasts plan to
enjoy  
>their cars, P> |>they don't mind paying a little more.  (Accord vs Passat)
P>  
>|> 
>P> |> 
>P> |> > It couldn't possible be fine engineering, excellent reliability,
P> |>  
>> fine 
>P> |> > ergonomics, excellent fit and finish, VTEC, double wishbones...
No, P>  
>|> > not  
>P> |> > possible... 
>P> |> 
>P> |>Ask Accord owners to explain VTEC, or double wishbones and I bet that
many  
>P> |>couldn't.  The mentality is more "I like this car...it get me to
work."   
>(Again P> |>Accord vs. Passat)   
> 
>P> Perhaps true, but this only applicable if you look at a Passat vs.
Accord.  
>P> The Accord is mass-marketed, so a large number would not know the fine
P>  
>mechanicals.  Honda has an A to B crowd (mostly Accord owners), but it P>
also  
>has a fantastic enthusiast crowd (Preludes, Integras, NSXs, CRX, Civics,
P> del  
>Sol).  I suspect the same can be said of VW.  Are Vanagon drivers P>  
>enthusiasts?  What about Cabrios?  Jettas? 
> 
>What do they do for enthusiasts who outgrow their cars, though?  Well, the
best  
>replacement for my Prelude was a Passat VR6. 
> 
>Jeff Goss 
> 
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>--------------- Article Number 2 --------------- 
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>.From: ekoman@u.washington.edu (Eric Oster) 
>.Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw 
>.Subject: [A]ircooled mailing lists! (weekly) 
>.Date: 4 Feb 1995 16:42:14 GMT 
>.Organization: University of Washington 
>.Lines: 34 
>.Message-ID: <3h0ap6$ja@nntp1.u.washington.edu> 
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>.Keywords: mailing lists, list, bug, bus, antique, air 
> 
>Hello! it's time again for the weekly posting of the [A]ircooled mailing
lists  
>again!  
> 
>REMEMBER THIS: After you subscribe to one of the lists below, you will get
an  
>automated response from the mailserv!!! _*SAVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU  
>GET!!!!!*_ IT TELLS YOU HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE!! IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO
WRITE  
>DOWN THIS INFORMATION!!! `nuff said. 
> 
>To subscribe to the vintage vw mailing list, send a post to: 
> 
>LISTSERV@SJSUVM1.sjsu.edu, with `subscribe VINTAGVW Your Name' in the BODY
of  
>the message. Covers: bug,ghia,and everything but busses. But it will get
the  
>occasional bus post, too. DO NOT POST FOR SALE ITEMS IN THIS GROUP!  
> 
>To subscribe to the vanagon mailing list, send a post to: 
> 
>listserv@lenti.med.umn.edu with `subscribe vanagon Your Name' in the BODY.
 
>*all* type of bricks/transporters from 1949 to 1995. 
> 
>  The THING registry!  (It's NOT a mailing list, I'm told.) It's an active
list  
>of owners, for parts, swaps, whatever...? 
> 
>THING-request@rush.cc.edu with `subscribe thing' in the body. 
> 
> The aircooled vw mailserver! A pretty low volume list, mainly for buying/
 
>selling stuff. Send mail to: ^^^^^POST FOR SALE HERE^^^ 
>mailserv@cc.owu.edu with SUBSCRIBE aircldvw in the body. Leave subject
BLANK. 
> 
>Eric Oster (ekoman@u.washington.edu) 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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>--------------- Article Number 3 --------------- 
>.Path:  
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>du!eru.mt.luth.se!news.luth.se!sunic!ugle.unit.no!paul 
>.From: paul@nvg.unit.no (Paul Roberts) 
>.Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw 
>.Subject: Re: rabbits in winter 
>.Date: 4 Feb 1995 15:23:05 GMT 
>.Organization: University of Trondheim, Norway 
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>.Message-ID: <3h064p$6kr@due.unit.no> 
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> 
>MKJohnson (johnson@ripco.com) wrote: 
> 
>: now if I had been in my Vanagon....I could have pushed the truck out of
the  
>way 
> 
>You have a syncro, right? 
> 
>Paul. 
>-- 
>------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
> Paul Roberts                                  \ \/ /  81 vanagon
University of  
>Trondheim, Norway                \/\/   69 squareback email:
paul@nvg.unit.no    
>              - Everyone should just freeride - 
http://www.nvg.unit.no/~paul/ 
> 
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