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• nicknames for generations: THE answer!!! :)
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Tue, 04 Oct 94 19:47:20 CDT
  ...i got it!! :) the first generation was called Bulli (which had something to do with a german slang name for an ox or draught...
• Re: nicknames for generations: THE answer!!! :)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Oct 94 10:32:06 EDT
  ...i got it!! :) > > the first generation was called Bulli (which had something to do with a > german slang name for an ox or draught...
• Re: '99 up Jettas 4 or 5 lug now? anyone know??
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 05:57:48 +0200
  ...It is referred to as the Golf 3,5 Cab here, opposed to Golf 3 and Golf 4 generations. The circle on the 4th...
• Re: adjustable intermittent relay
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 21:44:50 +1200
  >Slight alteration to the text below: > >All the first generation Passats were inexplicably called Dashers here >in the US (I owned 3 of the...
• OT Generations of Passats, was "adjustable intermittent relay"
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 09:03:34 -0400
  ...The second generations were >>given the slightly less annoying label, Quantum. The third generation >>on Passats for some reason have all been curiously called...
• RE- nicknames for generatio
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  5 Oct 1994 14:30:56 U
  ...nicknames for generations Joel sez: >the first generation was called Bulli (which had something to do with a >german slang name for an ox...
• Re: adjustable intermittent relay
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:31:53 -0700
  ...All the first generation Passats were inexplicably called Dashers here in the US (I owned 3 of the NA diesels). The second generations were...
• Re: Friday Haiku
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Sep 1994 13:04:27 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Three generations, little engines in the rear. eurovan screwed up it should be: Three generations, engines in the rear eurovan gets it right YES...
• Re: New to list and to Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:27:45 -0500
  ...We're the I believe fifth generation of moderator and the first generation that the duties have been split. Yrs, d
• Re: OT Generations of Passats, was "adjustable intermittent relay"
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:26:39 -0600
  Having owned and driven a first generation Passat in Germany back in 1980 (max sped 162 kph) I can tell you it wasn't...
• Transporter designations
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Martin
  Tue, 26 May 1998 23:48:58 -0700
  ...With the advent of the fourth generation, VW dropped the Type II designation in favor of T4, or fourth generation Transporter. In keeping with...
• Re: Generation span of the list................
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 22:46:39 -0700
  ...COM> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 8:41 PM Subject: Re: Generation span of the list................ > I am 16 years old and I bought...
• Re: nicknames for generations: THE answer!!! :)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Oct 1994 20:03:32 -0500 (CDT)
  ...what distinguishes the fourth generation from the others? it PULLS!!! >so it's a Puller. or Pulley. or Pulli. :) But Pulli is also a...
• Re: Transporter designations
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Wed, 27 May 1998 09:25:03 -0400
  ...With the advent of the fourth generation, VW dropped the > Type II designation in favor of T4, or fourth generation Transporter. In > keeping with...
• Re: Vanagon on Ice 2
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 00:20:55 +1300
  ...Hyace (Ice)... > >JP Tis indeed a Hiace, 3rd-generation (ie1983-1988; current is the 4th generation). -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew...
• Re: Vanagon conversion with Previa engine - anyone has done it?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 19:17:34 +1300
  >From what I have read the second generation has a 2.4 Supercharged >delivering 161HP and 201 ft-lbs . That would be a perfect...
• Re: Generation span of the list..........
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 20:57:26 -0800
  ...15:54:16 -0600 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Generation span of the list.......... > > Pick up your hat, > Get out of your...
• Re: Letter to VW
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:06:35 -0500
  >> I always hear that "theres no market for it" or "we're catering exclusively to a younger generation now". Well, the generation they'd...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:42:46 -0700
  My '78 is the first generation. '75 was the first year it was imported to the USA. I believe the first production year was...
• Re: Sanity Check - Wire gauge for wiring SA headlights
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 11:44:26 -0700
  >At 01:05 PM 10/5/2002, DaveC wrote: >>Nikola Tesla's invention of the AC polyphase power generation and >>distribution system we use...
• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 04 Oct 1994 17:51:59 -0400 (EDT)
  rounded, tall...short nose...hmmmm...BULL DOG??? Ric
• Re: nicknames for generations: THE answer!!! :)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 05 Oct 1994 05:54:17 -0400 (EDT)
  Hey joel! Pull dis! Try again.... 8-) ric
• Re: nicknames for generations: THE answer!!! :)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Oct 1994 20:11:46 -0500 (CDT)
  Ach mein Gott! Natuerlich nicht "nitted", sondern "knitted". Sami
• Re: vanagon difficulty
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 03:16:35 -0400
  ...There are still a discernable number of ~85-generation Corollas around here, and lots of the next generation. I don't know Honda years...
• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Oct 1994 12:16:01 +0800
  shoe in German is: Schuhe boot is: Stiefel Have fun! ;) /m
• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 04 Oct 94 14:29:19 EDT
  Try "Kaiser Roll". ---------------------------------- Joshua R. Poulson, Widener University Department of Computer Systems
• Re: FRIDAY: Craigslist ad from the future
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:12:19 -0800
  ...Except for those that have kept their Vanagons running from generation to generation and get to drive on the old fashioned highways and roads...
• Re: OT Generations of Passats, was "adjustable intermittent relay"
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:48:35 -0500
  ...Now as to the Quantum/Santana being a first generation Passat? No. It was clearly the second and began selling in the US in...
• Generation span of the list................
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 19:48:52 -0700
  I bought my 1986 GL five years ago. I turned 55 today. Chuck Anderson
• Re: Fryeday Fun: An aging generation (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Fri, 9 Feb 2007 14:29:31 -0500
  Yeah, but it sure beats the alternative! Sam -- Sam Walters Baltimore, MD
• Re: A camping season with the Bus Depot Add-A-Room
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 2 Oct 2014 14:08:28 -0400
  ...You can buy these fiberglass poles separately to upgrade your first-generation Add-A-Room to a second-generation one. Near the bottom of...
• Re: Friday mod discussion - language
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:15:56 -0400
  ...The second generational question is this: The people having children these days are the same generation(s) who seem to have lost any concept...
• RE: generator article (another viewpoint on electricity :)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Nov 94 12:28: 7 EST
  ...we talk! It's okay for one generation or the other to 'attack' another generation or be aligned with one or the other generation...
• Re: Generation span of the list..........
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 15:54:16 -0600
  ...COM> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 2:05 PM Subject: Re: Generation span of the list.......... > I can remember my parents and grandmother mentioning...
• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list - Steve Graham
  Tue, 4 Oct 1994 13:26:49 CST
  ...nicknames for the generations > > so what does a Eurovan look like? well, it ain't a loaf of bread. it ain't > > a brick...
• Re: placement of list stickers? [f]/more fun
  Historical mailing list - Paul Dierze/CAM/Lotus
  5 Feb 96 15:08:56 EST
  Steve, I think you missed it but Martha mentioned 74 miles per generation. Paul '88 Westie
• Re: Generation span of the list................
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 07:58:23 -0600
  I was bequeathed with my 85 GL 3 years ago, I turned 37 yesterday---- ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• Re: Generation span of the list..........
  Historical mailing list - Matt F
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 18:08:09 -0500
  ...VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 11:11 AM Subject: Generation span of the list.......... I was wondering the age span of the...
• Re: Generation span of the list................
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Kweder
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 22:41:18 EST
  I am 16 years old and I bought my 1991 Vanagon Carat November 1st 2001. Kevin 91 Vanagon Carat
• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Tue, 4 Oct 94 8:43:19 PDT
  ...Also, I propose that we adopt "UrineVan" as the list-approved > >slang for the latest generation of bus. Good one, Wizzer! > > now, now, children...
• Re: Wankels
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 15:38:56 -0700
  ...1st Generation 2nd Generation 3rd Generation Standard GSL-SE 86-88 89-91 86-88 89-91 All U.S.1996-97 Turbo][ Turbo...
• Re: Butterfly hunting vehicle
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:31:56 -0700
  Watched that show with utter Amazement !!! Every 4th generation!? Perhaps there may be such a generation for humans? ;o) Anywho,,, Vanagon Content: I've...
• Re: EV price
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Mon, 16 Jun 1997 08:29:17
  ...Hold out for the promised 120HP second generation TDI diesel. I have heard rumours it will be offered in '98. I have driven a...
• Re: Generation span of the list................
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 19:15:55 EST
  I'll go out on a limb and guess that either you're around 46 or have forgotten your age ;) Roger '89 Westy
• Re: Friday mod discussion - language
  Historical mailing list - Rowan Tipton
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 22:12:56 -0400
  Speaking as a member of what must be the oldest generation on the list (those born durning WW2) I have no problem with any...
• Re: New T5 (Next generation Eurovan) pics posted!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 11:21:22 -0500
  ...New T5 (Next generation Eurovan) pics posted!!! Precisely what the head of VW has defined as the company's goal: to move up market...
• Re: Fryeday Fun: An aging generation (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:42:03 -0800
  Happy Birthday Mike. You know all those stories about what happens after 65? Well, I can tell you that they're all true.....
• Transaxle Types (Was: 091 transaxle prices-reply)
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 09:47:27 8
  ...It would also be *very* helpful if you could advise us how to determine which model of transmission- including "generation #" we have in our...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 19 Nov 2009 to 20 Nov 2009 - Special issue (#2009-1009)
  Historical mailing list - sam mccarthy
  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:18:44 -0800
  ...the first generation was made until the beginning of 2000, > when a new model came out (not sold in USA). The current generation is...
• Re: Bra Substitute
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:46:43 -0500
  ...It is a first generation material applied by a number of companies including Rhino Liner. Why use old technology. poly-ureas are the second...
• T-shirts, anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Poor Richard
  Thu, 27 Jul 95 17:01:41 EDT
  ...VWOA has a new promotional poster that has front views of some 50 VW's, including all 4 generations of buses. I propose a...
• Re: generation span
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 07:16:59 -0700
  ...Le Duc <vze2qww6@VERIZON.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: generation span Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 17:29:05 -0500 i am...
• Re: Wankels
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:18:06 -0400
  ...Your listing of the 1st generation 13B indicates 135hp@6000rpm & 135ft.lbs.@ 3000rpm.
• Re: Unimogs
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 18:59:26 +0200
  ...I know that the MB Sprinter Van, and its twin, the 2nd generation VW LT, gets their 4wd systems from the German factory Igelhaut...
• Re: New generation of vw busses (T5 photos)
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 05:08:01 -0500
  ...New generation of vw busses (T5 photos) > Hi all, > > Got this link off of the german VW Bus forum. > > http://www.syncro-t3.de...
• 3 generations of buses
  Historical mailing list - Sam Williams
  Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:34:20 EST
  ...pic taken in LA in the 70's with my 3 generations of buses. It shows: my daily driver the 63 dove blue singlecab...
• Re: vanagon friendly firehouse
  Historical mailing list - stephen steele
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:15:54 -0700
  ...The probie is my #2 son with my old 1987; he's third generation Navy and third generation Fire"man". Yep, I'm proud...
• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Tue, 4 Oct 1994 16:14:56 -0400 (EDT)
  On Tue, 4 Oct 1994, David Schwarze wrote: > > Rounded? Tall? Short nose? Sounds like Stimpy! > > -David DC's got a point. I say aye...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:52:31 -0700
  ...Is the '78 >> Scirocco the first generation or second generation Scirocco? I can't >> remember when they changed. I almost bought a '75 Scirocco...
• Re: Generation span of the list................
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 23:20:50 -0600
  And all my stuff from Fredrick's of Hollywood, is late model, you thilly man, you---- E-mail message Last I heard, you had...