Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:27:15 -0500
Reply-To: "Chris S." <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
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From: "Chris S." <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: The Price We Pay For Being "Cool"
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Better lights? Get 7'' round buckets from an earlier Vanagon and stick some e-code headlights in it.
14 mpg? Must be an automatic. Replace with a manual gearbox.
And now you have a perfect vehicle.
Chris.
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Dnia Dec 30, 2011 o godz. 15:01 David M <covrambles@YAHOO.COM> napisał(a):
> Here's what I'd like to improve on the Vanagon:
> Better lights - they are pathetic
> Better brakes
> Much better fuel consumption (14 mpg from a 2.1L is truly awful)
> Thats about it, otherwise its damn near perfect.
>
> PS. I don't pay anything extra to be cool - I'm just naturally that way.
>
> -David ('87 Wolfsburg)
>
>
> --- On Fri, 12/30/11, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> From: Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: The Price We Pay For Being "Cool"
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Friday, December 30, 2011, 12:41 PM
>
> I'm in Dave's camp on this one too. If there were such a vehicle with
> similar
> practical features, I'd get one assuming it was reasonably priced.
> Especially
> if it were equipped with an engine more powerful e.g. hybrid/gas or
> diesel. There
> just isn't a viable alternative made yet... unfortunately.
>
> Ditto on the good sentiments of the list folks....
>
> Steven
> 91 Westy
>
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't have a VW camper because others think it is "cool," or because I
>>> do. I have it because it is a tool to make camping practical for an
>> aging,
>>> crusty old nut and a not always well wife. It is that simple, and if
>> there
>>> were a comparable, but more reliable vehicle, I would have that. I also
>>> would not bother myself with whether it was a VW, a Ford, a Toyota, or
>>> whatever. In fact, being a long-time anti-cool curmudgeon, a Toyota
>> would
>>> likely be more fitting to my tastes.
>>>
>>
>> Interesting. If there were an equivalent vehicle but more reliable,
>> available at the same price, I suppose might go with it too, just because I
>> am so useless at repairs.
>>
>> But frankly, one of the big reasons I wouldn't want to change brands is
>> because of all you folks out there. Being part of the vanagon community
>> made living in my van a totally different experience from simply being on
>> the road. I didn't know about the vanagon community when I got my van, but
>> realizing that I'd become part of this group of people, and wanting to stay
>> part of this group, is a big reason why I stick with my van now despite all
>> the problems.
>>
>> I don't mean to sound sappy - but it's true! So thanks, guys.
>>
>>
>>
>> Joy
>>
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