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Date:         Wed, 13 Sep 2000 20:45:48 -0500
Reply-To:     Joel Hembel <jhembel@EXECPC.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joel Hembel <jhembel@EXECPC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Which automobile to keep and which to sell :-<
Comments: To: Doug Alcock <dgalcock@HEWITT.COM>
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How about a light hitch and a small trailer behind the vanagon for the wood...........................

Doug Alcock wrote:

> From: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU> on 09/13/2000 11:09 AM > > Please respond to Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > cc: > Client: > Subject: Which automobile to keep and which to sell :-< > > Hey Matthew ---- a vanagon in the hand is worth two in the future. How > much firewood can you get in the vanagon??? > > Cheers, > Doug Alcock > '84 westy > Toronto, Canada > > <<snip>>Good morning vanagon support group, > my wife and I have a dilema. Here is the rundown. We are both grad > students and we own three cars. We would like to cut back to two cars > only. Now here is the kicker, which one to sell? > #1 1990 honda accord. fast, 36mpg, relaible. automatic, so she is > comfortable driving it > #2 1970 Ford F100 truck. New engine and transmission. We heat our house > with fire (we have no other means!) and need to haul about 4 cords of wood > a year with it, plus other homeowner needs. And it is a good beater that > i don't mind drivign in the snow and ice with. > #3 84 vanagon. runs great. great for camping. great in the snow. love to > trip in it and in general great rig. > > Do you see the problem? Selling the honda isn't an option... and her > parents gave it to her a few years ago and it'd be a dick move to sell > it... inlaws... Then again, if i sell the bus my wife promised me that > she'll let me get a new one after grad school. Maybe a syncro that needs a > new engine so i can put in an inline 4.... Or if we sell the truck, we > still need to get lots of fire wood and would have to beg/borrow/steel a > truck for that. Hmmm, I guess i could see my Chain Saw in my bus. It's a > stihl- both fine German Engineering. > > I could get about 1000$ for the truck. It is only 2wd so that knock the > value way down in this area. How much could i get for a weekender with > alloy painted wheels, 100K on the hamster-wheel, clean, rust free, > california bus with no dents over a few door-dings. > > Thanks > > Matthew Pollard http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 > Dept. of Chemistry http://www.chem.uidaho.edu > University of Idaho http://www.uidaho.edu<<snip>>


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