http://www.vwsage.com When you have junk, you are never lonely.... Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:27:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's one of those horror story situations... In corner A we have Mike, who has two 79 Westy buses, one with a good 2.0 liter engine, but a so so body, the other; a mint condition Champagne edition, with a crappy 1.8 liter engine with no tin or compression. The task seems ... http://www.vwsage.com/?p=45 This is the story about chasing a dream. Not some perfect dream, more like a short sighted dream. In June of 1993 I bought my first VW Bus. In January 2006 I bought my second. One year later, I have owned over 20 VW's and I ... http://www.vwsage.com/?p=5 I first became aware of Brian when I received an e-mail from him a few years ago. Hey Sage, I noticed that you aren't to far away from me, are you going to the Lansing show? Let me know, my phone number is (616) XXX-XXXX. I get to ... http://www.vwsage.com/?p=42 TedFest was the brain child of a late night Chat room discussion. Teddy Bear is an old school cat who lives in Cincinnati Ohio, and has been around for a long time in the VW community. He's been in the online community since the Type 2 List was ... http://www.vwsage.com/?p=41 This winter has been a tough one. The snow flew early and that curtails the time I can spend working on VW's. We had more snow in December than ever before. January hasn't been any better. My kids are enjoying the snow days. The picture here show ... http://www.vwsage.com/?p=38 It was a few weeks after Polar passed that I got an email from Bruce Whiteside. Bruce runs the rescue where we adopted Oscar. I know this is most likely very poor timing with Polar's passing, But that is why I am writing this. Some people need to wait ... http://www.vwsage.com/?p=40 On December 8th I had to make the decision to have Polar put to sleep. He was our family's six year old Bernese Mountain Dog, and my traveling companion.  I don't normally talk about non VW stuff here, but he was a part of this world of mine. I don't ... http://www.vwsage.com/?p=39 The clouds above the barn, and the brisk wind coming off the lake are telling us that winter is fiercely coming toward home.  In the last few weeks, I have been moving things around.  One day I had the a Ghia, and 4 of the split windows out in front ... http://www.vwsage.com/?p=37 I am getting a little frustrated, or depressed, or just plain hazy lately... It's fall in my pinky of the world. October has been an amazing month. The weather has been quite cooperative for those of us who don't want to see the summer be chased by the ... http://www.vwsage.com/?p=36 May was filled with decisions this year. The first full weekend was the Michigan show, the second weekend was either Litchfield or the Grand Daddy of them all; the VW Classic in California. The 2006 classic was quite a show with numerous people whom I have met online ... http://www.vwsage.com/?p=35