LAWS HOME:
        Don't forget to add to your list of "always have on board my
van" equipment.
Cell phone
AAA Card
Credit Card
Phone numbers of Bus Depot, Van-Again, etc. if not memorized.

Good luck.
'87 Syncro Westfalia
500 miles so far for current owner

On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, LAWS HOME wrote:

> I have now had the Vanagon on the road for almost a week. (the 5 year
> slumber) I have heeded the advice of many of you on the list and tried to
> prepare for the worst and hoped for the best. (Carrying pieces of coolant
> hose, some wire, elec.tape, duct tape,emergency tools etc. ) Of course since
> 1983 I have NEVER gone anywhere in a VW bus of any kind without a good fire
> extinguisher! I sure miss that '72 Camper! I've logged almost 1 thousand
> miles and have had NOTHING bad happen! Unless you call filling up the gas
> tank bad, and at these prices I almost do. I consistantly get 19.2 - 19.4
> mpg. Is this about right for an '84 Vanagon? Hopefully I'll get a new
> muffler this weekend I like the sound of the one that is on there , but am
> afraid the State Troopers might not! It is running swell and the handling is
> tight, the oil is still quite clean and I haven't lost any. The leaks that I
> had originally when I changed the oil, have ceased.(wondering if maybe some
> moron may have spilled it down the fill tube?) I even figured out the heater
> controls! (no owners manual) I have however lost ownership and primary
> operator status. My wife has decided it is hers! I guess I still have the
> rabbits and the dually. Maybe she will let me drive it once in a while !
> Tom
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