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• Vivid vans visit
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 3 Jun 2021 18:58:27 -0700
  ...Came away feeling really good about new generation of van lovers. Alistair
• A new EV in the family
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:43:20 -0700
  ...The weather was perfect, and the campsite was loaded with Westies of all generations. If anyone has a tip on where to get the...
• Re: Letter to VW
  Historical mailing list - barriver witch
  Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:05:28 -0500
  Hello I must say, there is a new generation out there looking at becoming bus owners.... I'm a mother of five and already...
• Re: diesel vans, was: New generation of vw busses (T5 photos)
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 09:49:01 -0600
  ...New generation of vw busses (T5 photos) VW is tuned in to the "mass market" channel again... I think it is smart. This van...
• Re: Generation span of the list..........
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 20:17:12 -0500
  I bought my 1975 US spec Bus in 1985 when I was stationed on the island of Crete. I drove it until 1994 and...
• Re: Roof Racks
  Historical mailing list - James B Robinson
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 16:03:11 -0700
  ...My generation looked nuclear annihilation in the eye and said "No thanks, I'd rather drive a BMW."
• Re: Who is the Manager of this list?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:28:29 -0400
  ...I think it's that the generation that learned to use computers after the ubiquity of the internet never learned the efficiency and sheer...
• Re: VW bus and beetle on Yahoo's 10 deadlies car list. Any thruth?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:01:01 -0500
  ...so i kinda don't see how it (or the previous > generations, which are pretty much the same design) could be 'deadly'. Well the...
• Re: heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 16:13:44 -0600
  ...My experience is focused on 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd- generation Rabbit/Golf/ Jettas, 1st- and 2nd- generation Quantum/Passats, and also Audi 4000s thru...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 12:24:42 -0400
  ...more familiar with the RX7 generation of the wankel, > perhaps this > may have changed with the RX8 generation engine. > -- > Jim Thompson > 84 GL 1...
• Re: Excellent Automotive Books--Add these to book Database
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 3 Dec 96 13:41:32 EST
  ...The first is "Tuning New Generation Engines for > Power and Economy" by A. Graham Bell (1988, Haynes Publ., ISBN 0 85429 609 > > Whoa! That...
• Re: Reluctant
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Sat, 3 Apr 1999 00:07:16 -0500
  ...Just as long as he does something in the way of extreme unpleasantness for the next generation . . . HK At 09:29 PM 4/2...
• Re: transmission woes ('88 westy with a '98 2.0 L)
  Historical mailing list - Drovdahl, Mark
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 12:31:27 -0700
  Yes, my apologies...the A3 refers to the "generation," if you will, of jettas, Golfs, and so on. The engine code is in fact...
• Re: Confused owner?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:41:51 -0700
  ...term clone, I meant plagiarized design. > I'm sure the new generation of Japanese are quite inventive since they too > have learned to subcontract...
• Re: Mexico/Vanagon report-Guadalajara/Puerto Vallarta
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:47:36 +1000
  ...I thought the Santana name had also > been used on the 4-door sedan version of the second generation Passat in > Europe, at least...
• OT: New promo code for satellite radio discounts
  Historical mailing list - caverat
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 20:59:59 -0500
  ...All units currently shown at this site are current generation equipment with the exception of the Kenwood Here2Anywhere unit. It is the cheapest at...
• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 4 Oct 1994 09:07:24 -0700 (PDT)
  On Tue, 4 Oct 1994, J. Walker wrote: > so we have to come up with a phrase/word/nickname that is DESCRIPTIVE of the...
• gas prices
  Historical mailing list - Dave M
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 15:54:38 GMT
  ...Its totally insane, in Europe they pay that per LITRE We're squandering a precious resource and someday future generations will be unable to...
• Re: rear tube bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:55:12 -0400
  ...no going back once done, you become a fossil to the generations to come... what a drag it is getting old... > > > in fact, getting...
• Re: LVC: small wind turbines for portable power generation
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:46:19 -0500
  But do they make one that you can put right outside your window, that will generate power while driving? Of course, the engine charges...
• Re: I heard a 'nasty' rumor!
  Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
  Sun, 3 Mar 1996 22:54:07 -0500 (EST)
  ...Wasn't the engine area on the T1 generation (or is it a T2 generation on these buses) larger/taller than on the T3...
• Re: generation span
  Historical mailing list - G Challis
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 23:03:49 -0800
  I'm 49. My first "camper", in England, was an early 1960's Ford Thames van with a home-made pop-top, sink and...
• looking for a little wee part; need some help
  Historical mailing list - Mariposa Charme
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:24:25 -0600
  ...with a mystery jetta gas motor Yukon _________________________________________________________________ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger� http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale...
• Re: Letter to VW - Vans are loved by everyone
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:30:59 -0800
  ...Letter to VW > I must say, there is a new generation out there looking at becoming bus owners.... << Agreed. When I used to drive...
• Re: Hall sender + ignition control unit electronics
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:23:31 -0700
  ...I don't recall what they call it, but it is the next generation of the NLA hand made digitool of a decade ago...
• Instrument cluster needed
  Historical mailing list - Amy Miner
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:19:26 -0400
  ...Our kids are 6th generation. If in CT that would be great but if you don't mind shipping it that would be great...
• Re: Westy Shorter Than My Honda?
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 8 May 2009 12:58:19 -0500
  ...compare the vanagon (and previous generation of buses) to the length of a beetle. :) it's only a foot longer than an old beetle...
• Re: New T5 (Next generation Eurovan) pics posted!!!
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 22:40:23 -0600
  There getting close, but not yet---- Nice color too--Bile Green. The autoshow excerzise in the New Microbus won't be seen until at...
• Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 ?? or Honda 1.8
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 14:09:18 +0200
  The first Gold Wing engine ( 4 cyl ) was originaly intended for automotive use, they developed it for the first generation Honda Civic but it...
• Re: Friday topic: Airstream Basecamp in my town
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:45:53 -0600
  ...Toured it, grilled the vendor, pretty cool, but a long way to go to match that German engineering, next generation Westy or Puck trailer...
• Re: LVC: small wind turbines for portable power generation
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:02:23 -0800
  I have seen them on sail boats. Search marine supplies? On 3/9/07, Aaron Pearson <aarondpearson@hotmail.com> wrote: > has anyone found a...
• Re: Stop the presses! +2 MPG (longish trip report)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:24:30 -0500
  ...The thing is freaking awesome." So it seems that we can have faith in the next generation. As for this, i speak on behalf...
• Re: Fryeday Topic: VW's next CEO needs to be this German?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:43:53 -0700
  ...1&ref=todayspaper > > Put this German in charge of the next generation VW bus? > Do that and we may all be walking! The job...
• Re: Ltd. slip rear diff.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Christie
  Wed, 18 Oct 1995 13:39:49 -0400
  ...from Jon Walton I have a Haynes workshop manual for second generation transporters upto 1975 and it discusses a limited slip rear diff option...
• Re: T-SHIRTS /flames
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Oct 1995 13:08:19 -0300
  >High quality 100% cotton t-shirts, of a natural, earth-tone. >5 color screen print design, featuring front views of all 4 generations >of...
• Re: Quad Grilles are Back!
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 19:17:09 -0700
  ...They look a lot like the aux lights on the first-generation Rabbit convertibles, which I've only ever seen from a distance. I...
• Vanagon conversion with Previa engine - anyone has done it?
  Historical mailing list - Christian Pelletier
  Mon, 3 Nov 2003 18:41:35 -0800
  ...Any reference? From what I have read the second generation has a 2.4 Supercharged delivering 161HP and 201 ft-lbs . That would be...
• Re: muffler repair in Chicago area
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:28:46 -0700
  ...Thanks in advance, > Jenny F. > '87 Westy > _________________________________________________________________ > Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger > > http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale...
• Re: One more thought on accidents
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:41:39 -0400
  ...Ed Carroll "out of the ooze and born to cruise!" 87 Weekender yada yada yada ..., etc. > > John > > "If we raise a generation that believes...
• Re: Is there anyone under 60 on this list???? WAS:Wife is done with Vanagon a...
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Fri, 12 Jul 2013 09:52:25 -0700
  ...I think we probably will make it. > > Scott and Derek make interesting points about cultural shifts between generations, and I won't deny that...
• Re: LVC: small wind turbines for portable power generation
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:53:40 +0000
  Actually, yes, I have come up with a, although a little different from what's out there, wind generator for use with my Vanagon...
• Re: Carfax Check Please?
  Historical mailing list - karl filc
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:05:29 -0000
  ...something inborn or imperishable; it must be acquired > anew by every generation. > - Will Durant > > _________________________________________________________________ > Find a broadband plan that fits. Great local deals on...
• Re: re. Subject: German Syncro 16" driver is greeting...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 9 Oct 2005 17:55:15 +1300
  ...The LT goes back at least >> into the early 80s, when it used the first-generation Audi 100 engine > > ( the second-gen 100 was...
• FS: '58 Pickup
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:55:44 -0700
  ...Looks like a few generations of mice have made some memories in it. It could use a coat of paint, too. Engine is new...
• Re: Friday Haiku
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 23 Sep 94 8:45:51 PDT
  ...obviously. > > Three generations, > little engines in the rear. > eurovan screwed up. > > :) > Let's see if this works: One '91 Vangon GL, Joel owns one...
• Re: vw dealers refuse (conspiracy)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 17 Jan 95 9:32:23 PST
  ...What a lost. > A whole generation of history slowly rusting into the past. :( > > Steven > > sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com > Never, never will they be completely...
• Re: clutch master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:33:12 -0700
  Sean, At risk of referring to the wrong generation of vanagon, I can address the bleeding. I suspect that yours is not a waterboxer...
• Re: Generation span of the list..........
  Historical mailing list - Tim Clemmer
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 16:12:59 -0700
  Bought a 71 breadloaf when I was 19 and drove it over 200K miles in 12 years. I would still have it if it...
• Re: Canadians - Don't Forget to Vote! (We have a leader in lessthan 1 day!)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:21:56 -0700
  ...t count" Stephen, I'm glad to hear that the next generation has some who can take over the country when the time comes...
• Re: New T5 (Next generation Eurovan) pics posted!!!
  Historical mailing list - WVVW
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 11:10:39 -0500
  It looks just like a Chevy Astro! IMHO, VW has totally gone away from it's initial concept of producing affordable, easily maintained cars...
• Re: Bench Seat Storage
  Historical mailing list - James B Robinson
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 14:32:11 -0700
  ...My generation looked nuclear annihilation in the eye and said "No thanks, I'd rather drive a BMW."
• Re: MOD clarification re cursing and language in general
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 01:33:26 -0700
  ...It's not civil to disturb people unnecessarily, and that's > that. > > People, particularly people of different generations, have many > different attitudes about coarse...
• Demons VI
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:28:12 -0400
  ...Generation after generation wondering what those flashes of red and yellow lights were, appearing at random intervals. Also some pockets of water, which got...
• Tool Pontifications
  Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
  Wed, 8 Jan 97 09:05:08 -0600
  ...in fact, the Snap-Ons are now on their second generation. my father used them throughout his career up until last year when he...
• Re: Air-Cooled trans into Diesel Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:47:29 EDT
  ...There is a bigger difference between the 2nd generation 091s and the 091-1 transaxles than between the Diesel and Air cooled Vanagons of...
• Re: generation span
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:22:59 -0800
  i am 37 and this is my first vw, my first van. same with my wife. my family did have a '78 dasher wagon...
• Re: generation span
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:23:03 EST
  My first VW was a 1971 Karmann Ghia bought in the early 80's. I drove that car for years and learned to fix...
• Re: re. Subject: German Syncro 16" driver is greeting...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 9 Oct 2005 01:16:54 +1300
  ...The LT goes back at least into the early 80s, when it used the first-generation Audi 100 engine ( the second-gen 100 was...
• Re: Shoddy German Workmanship?
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 13:41:19 -0700
  ...The joung generation still pays billions to millions of "survivors" and will never follow the examle of Adolf Hitler when he threw away the...
• Newbie WANTS an H2O Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Eric Schumacher
  Sun, 29 Jun 1997 17:38:37 -0700
  ...I'm new to the watercooled generation and still trying to find out what to look for and what to stay away from, so...