[tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official figures
- From: "Will" <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:11:52 -0500
The Yugo was worse.
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
sammie smith wrote:
The Italians, French and English all tried to outdo each other on which could
build the absolute worst car in the world. They were successful til the Rabbit
came along.
--- On Fri, 8/21/09, Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official figures
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 3:20 PM
Mine were all gas...sad thing was, those three weeks or so they ran, they were
GREAT...kinda like a Fiat X19 I owned for a short while. Run like a bat outta
hell WHEN it ran....Damned electrical issues once again...
--- On Fri, 8/21/09, Will <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Will <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official figures
> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 3:00 PM
> The diesels were
> great!
>
>
> -- Sent from my
> Palm Pre
> Neil wrote:
>
> No, just a lot of crappy cars. I've owned 4 or 5 over
> the years. Then I quit drinkin', sobered up and have
> never owned a Rabbit since.
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 8/21/09, sammie smith
> <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> > From: sammie smith
> <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult
to injury... official
> figures
>
> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 2:02 PM
>
> > Is
>
> > that called a "hutch" or a
> "gaggle?"
>
> >
>
> > --- On Fri, 8/21/09, Will
>
> > <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > From: Will <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official
> figures
>
> > To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
>
> > <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 11:49 AM
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > I don't
>
> > know about that. I recall having 5 Rabbits in the 90s.
>
> > One or two at a time that ran and the others for
>
> > parts.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > So does 5 make a collection?
>
> >
>
> > :-)
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > -- Sent from my Palm Pre
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > sammie
smith wrote:
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Well how many old Hondas and Toyotas do
>
> > you see? Those 70s 80s "economy" cars will
>
> > probably never be collectible and will never have the
> status
>
> > of the aircooled VW.
>
> >
>
> > --- On Fri, 8/21/09, w.wood
>
> > <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > From: w.wood <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult
to injury... official
> figures
>
> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 10:45 AM
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Wow, my Eurovans did better than
>
> > that. I can honestly say I've never owned a
>
> > Vanagon. I would like a Doka Synchro but that's
>
> > about as far as I'd go with it. Regrettably
>
> > we'll lose and continue to lose more Vanagons and
> Bays
>
> > and Splits because of neglect and nuisance laws more
> than
>
> > the CARS program promotes.
>
> >
>
> > What's strange is...
>
> >
>
> > Do you ever see any Dashers? Sciroccos?
Rabbits
>
> > (except cabriolets)?
>
> >
>
> > It seems like a lot of the A1 and A2 series just
>
> > disappeared. Maybe it was that Pennsylvanian Sheet
>
> > Metal? I have to believe that a Rabbit may be more
>
> > rare than a split bus.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:40 AM,
>
> > a riggs <redvan71@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > wrote:
>
> >
>
> > Will is
>
> > right. More folks need to check their facts before
>
> > saying something...
>
> >
>
> > Per the feds
"official" mileage figures,
> it's
>
> > 15 mpg for a '91 Vanagon with auto and 2WD. 4
> speed
>
> > manual is 17 mpg. It was 15/16 in '84 - the oldest
> year
>
> > eligible - and was as low as 14/15 in 1986. Synchros
> in
>
> > '86 also got 14. Best I've ever done was 16
> or
>
> > so but I'm no hypermiler.
>
> >
>
> > Read 'em weep:
>
> >
>
> >
> http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/CarsResult1.jsp?column=1&id=8422
>
> >
>
> > I hope we don't lose any Vanagons to this program,
> but
>
> > feel sure we will.
>
> >
>
> > (Personally, I think Denis is just jealous that HE
>
>
> didn't get a letter for Murray...
>
> > But as penance for my political misstep I will be
> hosting
>
> > the "cum-by-ya"
>
> > sing-a-long at T@P6. If Denis will co-host with
>
> > me...)
>
> >
>
> > Allan
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > ----- Original Message ----
>
> > From: Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:46:10 PM
>
> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury...
>
> >
>
> > It don't matter
what it gets it matters what the
> est
>
> > mpg when it was new..
>
> >
>
> > Edward Maikranz wrote:
>
> > > Mine sure doesnt.
>
> > > 87 with a 2.1 gets 17-19
>
> > >
>
> > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 5:19 PM, sammie smith
>
> > > <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > <mailto:bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>
> > > wrote:
>
> > >
>
> > > Everyone is talking about the Vanagon
>
> > qualifying for the CARS
>
> > >
program. How? You have to
>
> > have less than 18mpg combined mileage
>
> > > via EPA estimates. Do those things
>
> > not get 18mpg?
>
> > >
>
> > > --- On *Thu, 8/20/09, a riggs
> /<redvan71@xxxxxxxxx
>
> > > <mailto:redvan71@xxxxxxxxx>>/*
>
> > wrote:
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > > From: a riggs <redvan71@xxxxxxxxx
>
> > <mailto:redvan71@xxxxxxxxx>>
>
> > >
>
> > > Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult
>
> > to injury...
>
> > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > > Date: Thursday, August 20,
>
> > 2009, 2:45 PM
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > > Gee, I thought Mr. Obama
>
> > was my friend and since he
knows
>
> > > what's best for me I
>
> > guess I'll turn my Vanagon in. They told
>
> > > me it would to a happy
>
> > place. And this way your tax dollars
>
> > > can help me buy a new
>
> > green
>
> > pablum car and keep it full of gas
>
> > > and...
>
> > >
>
> > > Thank you Obama.
>
> > Thank you Lady Bird. Thank you FDR...
>
> > >
>
> > > LIKE HELL!
>
> > They'll pry it from my cold dead hands!
>
> > (Unless
>
> > > someone gives me
some good
>
> > ol' cash for it ;-) )
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > > *From:* w.wood
> <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx
>
> > >
> <mailto:evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>>
>
> > > *To:*
>
> > tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > > *Sent:* Thursday, August
>
> > 20, 2009 10:08:03 AM
>
> > > *Subject:* [tcb] Re:
>
> > Insult to injury...
>
> > >
>
> > > I blame Lady Bird
>
> > Johnson...
>
> > >
>
> > > She made getting rid of
>
> > old cars popular with "Keep America
>
> > > Beautiful." You
>
> > remember with the fake indian? Iron Eyes
>
> > > Cody
who was Italian.
>
> > >
>
> > > Just like a government run
>
> > program, full of mis-information
>
> > > and lies.
>
> > >
>
> > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19732051/
>
> > >
>
> > >
> http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/ironeyes.asp
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at
>
> > 10:20 AM, Edward Aragon
>
> > > <edwarda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > >
> <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=edwarda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>
> > > wrote:
>
> > >
>
> > > I saw a
>
> > early model Eurovan MV on the clunker lot at
>
> > >
>
> > Premier Mazda wish I
>
> > > had a chance
>
> > to get it. RIP our good friend....
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> > --Edward Aragon
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > -----Original Message-----
>
> > > From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > >
> <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > >
> [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > >
> <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]On
>
> > > Behalf Of a
>
> > riggs
>
> > > Sent:
>
> > Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:36 AM
>
> > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > >
> <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > > Subject:
>
> > [tcb] Insult to injury...
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > Got a letter from a car dealer
>
> > yesterday...
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > "Congratulations! Your 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon
>
> > qualifies
>
> > > for the Cash
>
> > for
>
> > > Clunkers
>
> > program..."
>
> > >
>
> > > I wonder
how
>
> > many will be lost to this program...
>
> > >
>
> > > Allan
>
> > > '71
>
> > panel - FOR SALE
>
> > > '91
>
> > Vanagon Carat - FOR SALE
>
> > > '71 Ghia
>
> > coupe
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > > --
>
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>
> > >
>
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