> Jeff, 
> 
> I have to say I agree with everything you have said, in fact I hope you are a
> writer by profession as this was the first list-serv post that I had read that
> had me yearning to read the story further as I was equally captivated and
> drawn in by your retelling of your first hand video watching experience. When
> I first saw the video I thought to myself this is simple, well done, and gets
> the point across with such ease that I could have watched an hour long special
> on the van!
> 
> The funny thing is out of this is that I don�t even own a van!, I have been
> looking to purchase a van for about a year now. So I don�t even own a Van yet
> but have wanted one for so long now that I am sucked into this whole culture.
> I live in NYC and there are not many Carat�s or Auto Wolfy�s in the area. I
> found a person who lives in Brooklyn NY that has a 91 Maroon Carat that told
> me they would sell me their van a year ago but it never materialized, now
> after a year of waiting he told me last week that he�s ready, so hopefully in
> the next month I will be an official member of the clan hopefully with mostly
> good experiences with very little problems and no demons. The current owner is
> mechanic by profession so I will keep my fingers crossed.
> 
> Once again thanks for that great commentary, it was really enjoyable to read,
> keep it coming. 
> 
> Anyone have any other video�s to share?
> 
> Have a great weekend everyone,
> 
> Robert
> NYC
> www.creativemindcompany.com
> ----------------------
> 
> Steve,
> 
> I recently visited your nice webpage
> www.emriver.com/vandemon.htm and read about your
> Digifant Demons, even though I drive a diesel and thus
> have no worries regarding Vanagon Syndrome (diesels
> have their own syndromes, believe me).
> 
> Nonetheless, I was curious. Bored too. But mostly just
> curious.
> 
> So, with a secretive glance over my shoulder, I
> surreptitiously clicked the link to download your
> movie. Anyone watching my furtive gestures would have
> undoubtedly assumed I was about to download some porn,
> and as I impatiently watched the little QuickTime
> progress bar, I wondered to myself just exactly what I
> expected to see. What I WANTED to see, and why.
> 
> When the movie was all spooled up and ready to go, I
> played it. And let me tell you, it was great: the
> intimate home-movie look, the avant-garde shakiness of
> a handheld camera, even the ominous single subtitle
> compelling me to "note backfiring".
> 
> Although it was far too short, I enjoyed it immensely.
> And that's what scares me. I've only been subscribing
> to the Vanagon list for two months now, and yet here I
> am -- reading intently about a mechanical problem I'll
> never have, watching with rapt attention someone
> else's cantankerous old engine, running badly and
> coughing smoke.
> 
> I'm sorry, but I have no answers for you regarding
> your Vanagon, as much as I would love the hundred
> bucks. I am confident that there are many others here
> more experienced than I in such matters, and I wish
> you luck in finding a solution to the engine problems
> which plague your beloved Westy.
> 
> But by directing your camera to your engine
> compartment, you have also cast a light upon my very
> soul, and what I see reflected there is quite sad.
> When it was over, I sat there gazing slack-jawed at
> the final, frozen image of your blurry tailpipe. And
> yet, like the pathetic junkie who needs his fix, I was
> not satisfied. I wanted -- no, NEEDED -- more. I
> craved another hit. Had I really become such a
> Vanageek?
> 
> As if in silent reply, a bead of sweat formed on my
> furrowed brow, trickled down, and dripped from the end
> of my nose. My breathing quickened and my finger
> trembled on the mouse. And then I took that final dark
> plunge into the depths of Vanagon addiction: I played
> it again ...
> 
> God help me!
> 
> God help us all ...
> 
> 
> Jeffrey Earl
> 1983 diesel Westfalia "Vanasazi"
> 
> 
> 
> 
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