>ELUSIVE VW "KARMA"!

i feel uniquely qualified to answer this, given that i'm entering week 5
of the tranny rebuild from hell... surely everyone on this list knows my
story but it's so therapeutic to talk about it, please indulge me. my
tranny died 24, yes, 24 hours before i was to leave on a three-month
vacation out west. and due to lots o' interesting complications, i
haven't left yet.

but i gotta say, fellow listees, that i still LOVE my van, magnus. she's
cute, she's got style, she speaks to that part of me that appreciates
having my bedroom, living, kitchen, dining room and basement and at
least two of my favorite mountain biking friends -- and our stuff --
along for the ride. i've thought about getting another vehicle, but at
this stage in the game, magnus and i are PFL (partners for life). i may
get a slightly more fuel-efficient, low(er) maintenance car later in
life, but my van and i are in it for the long haul.

in retrospect, had i known about the expense and potential frequency of
repairs that accompany vanagons, i may have held onto my 90 honda civic
wagon for a little while longer. but, well, i'd just paid it off and it
was time to buy the vehicle i'd really wanted when i bought the honda.

phew, i feel better.

susan and magnus (87 synchro gl) in durham, nc
yes, we're still here

i actually
>This is a subject that deserves a thread.
>
>How about the feeling that the van will leave you stranded when you are
>going to look at the van that might replace it.
>
>Or how you have unbreakable plans to go to Illinois and three days
before
>the steering rack fails on a van you only paid $2000 for to begin with.
>that is how they stay alive.
>
>seth gordon
>84 WLE
>
>

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