Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 17:20:21 -0500
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Friday: What's the perfect second car for Vanagon owners?
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For what it's worth, I think that VW was never what Honda and Toyota are today (and have been for a long time). That is, very reliable, utilitarian cars (so long as you stick with the right models of Honda and Toyota). After all, who could claim that a Beetle was ever what a Corolla has been for a very long time. Certainly the two models you cite never came close. The Beetle did fit that mold for those who wanted to do their own maintenance. But then it was very limited in other ways.
Just my judgement. mcneely
---- Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> For a regular, everyday driver I love my base model Honda Fit.
> It is what the VW Rabbit/Golf used to be: economical to buy and maintain, 32-40 gas mpg, hatchback with lots of hauling space, very reliable with excellent air. A simple, modern, utilitarian car.
> I think overall, Honda is now what VW was years ago.
> Anthony
>
>
> From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 8:57 AM
> Subject: Friday: What's the perfect second car for Vanagon owners?
>
> By now, many or most of us on this list have spent some serious time and
> money making our Vanagons back into the capable, fun vehicles they were
> when they first rolled off the dealer's lot.
>
> They are well designed and well manufactured with good materials. They
> serve the needs of their owners so well that many would agree that there
> has been no replacement for them made earlier or later, and most of us
> would agree that is the reason they get the attention lavished on them that
> they do.
>
> So, given that some cars have "that certain something" and they warrant
> being kept and restored, what would be your second choice to give the same
> money and attention toward (as if that were possible for most people)?
>
> I am not looking for dream cars or exotics, but ordinary production cars
> that were well made and a joy to drive that should be resurrected from the
> scrapyards of history.
>
> I started thinking about this the other day when I was driving behind a
> 1983 Honda Accord hatchback, another car that probably has never quite been
> equalled in its utility and fun-to-drive-ness.
>
> If you could keep and drive a car as a compliment to your Vanagon, what
> would it be?
>
> Jim
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David McNeely
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