[Vwdiesel] A sad day

[Erik Lane]

His outrageous mileage claims always made me smile. (And wonder if possibly
they were true and I was doing something wrong.)

I always loved reading his posts - he was sometimes rough around the edges,
but always very heartfelt and encouraging. These past few years I kept
hoping to hear from him again.

May he rest in peace.

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 5:23 PM, mark shepherd <mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk>wrote:

> The person who had sad luck to be the one to find him, was someone with the
> avatar or is it call sign? "Slowbirds", which some of you aircraft buffs may
> recognise.He had spoken to him 9am yesterday, and found him 1pm.
>
> I too regret not finding an excuse to pop acrosss the pond on a holiday and
> passing by...
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> I put VW diesels right up there with old airplanes, old motorcycles
> (the kind that raced, not the kind that "cruised") and a few other
> interests that pretty much guarantee interesting and intelligent
> company. Hagar was one of those VERY interesting guys that make it
> (as in life) so much richer for those privileged to encounter him.
> Wish I had the chance to meet him in person.
>
> On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 20:27:18 +0100, mark shepherd  wrote:
> Just to let you know that  Hagar is dead. He died of cancer yesterday
> morning, apparently in his kitchen.
>
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>> I know he could be somewhat irritating, but then again aren't we all  more
>> or less. He did inspire some newcomers to work on their old diesels, which
>> is good.
>> I for one will miss him.
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>> My old piston-valve clashing Quantum just did 57.5mpg [imp] on my first
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