-- [ From: John Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --

unca joel of the  grey, 7.75" beard :)

You said>>

Venerable Vangoneer status is achieved with a trip of more than 500 miles
(one way) without so much as a flat tire. standing around an engine-pull,
commenting on how wrong they are doing it, doesn't count.<<<

Sob,Sob,Sob!!!
I drove  my '85GL 4500 miles one way from Anchorage, Alaska to Birmingham,
Alabama. In 6 straight days of driving there wasn't so much as a hiccup. On
the  7th day, at the 4440 mile mark,  the water pump on my "85 GL blew,  60
miles short of my final destination.

I guess I didn't achieve Venerable Vanagoneer status!!

Sob, Sob!!

John Rodgers
With 5.5 inches of grey, wrap-a-round, facial spinach, growing it the only
place it will. Now driving an '88 GL