Let me see if I can say something of Vanagon relevance in this email...

1. My sister plans to sell her 87 Syncro Westfalia soon. She lives in DC and
nobody knows this yet. She can be reached at lisadrew@aol.com.

2. I think I am going to do a swap to 6.17 gears before I bring my van out of
the garage. I am not sure there are any other list members in the USA running
this gearset. Corect me if I am wrong.

3. I believe there is a likelyhood of there being in the USA a plentiful supply
of cheap brand new Vscous Couplings before year-end. If you need one you may
wish to hold your horses until I can get some more intel on this.

Here is personal note (/f Friday):

Since my post of about a month ago mentioning that we had received seed funding
in the amount of $300,000 we have raised an additional ~$550,000 from various
individuals, almost all of it in the form of $25,000, $50,000, and $100,000
checks. We are going to stop taking in funds when we reach $1.25 million
because we are issuing shares in ConsumerSearch exceedingly cheaply to these
early investors.

This email is going out to the list because we are actively hiring freelance
and full time talent to work on this project, and it occurred to me that some
of our writers and thinkers may wish to take over management of certain
consumer product categories in which they have an expertise in return for cash
and stock options. (Those of you who wrote in the last few weeks to say you are
available for this kind of work should expect to hear back shortly.) I have a
feeling that the sort of diciplined approach of the average Vanagon list member
to his vehicle has some crossover to the skill set that may yield above average
results for our project. Think About.com but much more diciplined and
intelligent.

A copy of the posting for professional writers is currently posted to the web
at http://www.consumersearch.com/editorsandwriters.htm.

_______________________________________________
Derek Drew                                            New York, NY
CEO, ConsumerSearch
drew@interport.net

212-580-6486
917-848-6425 (cell; this phone is a reliable way to reach me fast or to
leave messages)

Alternate numbers for the industrious phone caller that wants to try every
avenue: 202-966-7907 (Work), 212-580-4459 (Home), 202-966-0938 (Home)