nothing beats time
maybe not even time itself
thats if you subscribe to the theory of time being relative to an expanding
universe that will eventually slow and contract

As for me, Its time to go :-(.
I have owned VW's all my life. My first VW was a 1970 microbus, given to me
by my father who purchased it new. I am now however married and at 30 years
of age, the thought of starting our next generation, our contribution to the
shape of the future world, is coming by to see us more often. Thus we want
to own something a bit different (VW's are normal to us) while we are still
kiddyless. We are buying a 1991 Saab.

I was taking all this rather well untill tonight. I can see our transporter
in her carport blisfully unaware, as we are, of the fate that awaits her
tomorrow and I am sad :-(. I am surprised as I thought myself awfully young
to be a sentimentalist. After three years of totally reliable driving, she
has a transmission jumping out of second and what I suspect is the start of
a long battle with "the leak". I might also add that I have never been let
down by any Volkswagen. They tend to break slowly with heaps of warning so I
have always known where I stood with my cars

And so I am performing the last ritual of unsubscribing from this gracious
list. A gathering of sincere and warm individuals on a scale truly rare. The
VW road culture is truly unique in the car world and I am fortunate to have
found it so young in my motoring life. So I dare say I will be wandering out
into the world of a new list shortly, battling with the quirks and queries
of a new genre and when it comes down to it, reengaged in my constant
negotiation with time.

Good luck Gerrys and perhaps more importantly
happy motoring.

Dom