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randywebb
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Location: Greater Metropolitan Nimrod, Orygun
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 Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:40 pm Post subject: Having a good one, folks |
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i.e. an alt. thread on how to do it...
Form perusing the "I hate people who criticize my cult car" it seems you need some combination of:
1. Skills and endurance to make repairs yourself (together with a good set of luxury tools, a lift, and a paint/body shop), and
2. Lotsa money and a local shop you with Vanagon specific experience that can be trusted
- anything else? or is that enough?
Edit:
oh yeh...
3. a source for parts that do not fall apart right away
and...
4. low expectations
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TequilaSunSet
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Joined: May 30, 2012
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Location: Philippines
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Loving my Vanagon, gets many looks even though it is fugly (still trying to figure that one out) I am also still trying to adapt to parking the damn thing... I feel like I am right on top of the car next to me as I swing in, and I am usually miles away. Same applies to judging the distance in front.
BTW I am in the #2 category... EDIT: I WAS in that category- no mo money)
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Gruppe B
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:54 pm Post subject: Re: Having a good one, folks |
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| randywebb wrote: |
i.e. an alt. thread on how to do it...
Form perusing the "I hate people who criticize my cult car" it seems you need some combination of:
1. Skills and endurance to make repairs yourself (together with a good set of luxury tools, a lift, and a paint/body shop), and
2. Lotsa money and a local shop you with Vanagon specific experience that can be trusted
- anything else? or is that enough? |
Totally true, if lacking proper tools and skill (or at least desire to learn) and don't have bags of cash I see little chance of Vanagon ownership being a happy ride.
I expect to spend money on my ride and try my best to buy the best parts when I do. When my skills are not up to part I am humble enough not to blame my Vanagon as being the problem. |
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crazyvwvanman
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Joined: January 28, 2008
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Location: Orbiting San Diego
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Please don't feed the jealous troll. Feeding the resentful one was bad enough.
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madspaniard
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Location: Alameda, CA
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I don't get what this is about, stiring the pot?
In my opinion, there is a whole world in between #1 and #2.
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djkeev
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Joined: September 30, 2007
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Location: Reading Pennsylvania
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Chuey
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Joined: October 18, 2010
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Location: Oceanside, California
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That other one, the guy who left and blasted the community here, was a spreader of bad vibes. Even if some things he said had some validity, that was overshadowed by the nastiness of his departure note.
Imagine if he'd said:
I'm moving on to a different kind of vehicle. The Vanagon was fun but I couldn't make friends with some mechanical aspects of it. (He could even have enumerated those aspects for clarity of his message.) I appreciate the help that was available here. I wish you all the best and I'll wave if I see you on the road.
Things would have been different, then.
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TequilaSunSet
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Joined: May 30, 2012
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Location: Philippines
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| Chuey wrote: |
That other one, the guy who left and blasted the community here, was a spreader of bad vibes. Even if some things he said had some validity, that was overshadowed by the nastiness of his departure note.
Imagine if he'd said:
I'm moving on to a different kind of vehicle. The Vanagon was fun but I couldn't make friends with some mechanical aspects of it. (He could even have enumerated those aspects for clarity of his message.) I appreciate the help that was available here. I wish you all the best and I'll wave if I see you on the road.
Things would have been different, then.
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You are enlightened and deep...
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1985 Hightower Vanagon 1.8T- Gone
1972 Panel Bus- Gone
1967 Bug- Gone
1964 Euro Sunroof Bug- Gone
1969/72/63 Sunroof Bug- Gone
1975 Brazilian Bug in the Philippines 🇵🇭- New to me
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desertrefugee
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Location: Phoenix, AZ. USA
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Reading Randy's recent posts, I suspect he is a closet disgruntled Vanagon owner despite his many 1000's of posts and long term presence of this fourm.
Wonder if he'll shoot some nasties at us as he departs as well? 
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Nobody ever suggested Raven had a lock on negativity and bad vibes.
I just returned from a really nice gathering of Vanagon kindred spirits. We got poured on yesterday, but the mood was nourishing to the soul.
The Westy even endured a 100 degree traffic jam due to a burnt vehicle - not a VW. Hi-speed fan sure got a workout, though.
Here's hoping this thread will die quickly (if nuts like me quit perpetuating it).
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