Date:         Tue, 24 Oct 2000 08:47:45 -0700
Reply-To:     Bill Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bill Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Subject:      Re: woe is me
Comments: To: HERMANN DE BOER <hdeboer@BSSD.NET>
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> I am in shock!!!!!
> Just got of the phone with my mechanic:
>
> new clutch @ 400$
> new front wheel bearings @?$
> new hand brake cable @ ? $ (ripped them myself, I have a sloped driveway)
>
> I bought my 87 GL Westy five years ago for 5000$ with 185 000 miles. Now I
> am at 270 000 miles. I have replaced almost everything (except the
> transmission). Don't even know how much I have spent on this vehicle. Will
> it ever end???

No it will not... but you must be kidding...

you're whining about a few hundred... or even a thousand for nearly a 100k
miles????

if your bill comes out to $1000 that will be about $10 per 1000 miles!

if you get 20 miles to the gallon it costs you about $100 per 1000 miles for
gasoline (at $2 per gallon)...

> Please tell me that driving an old camper is cheaper than buying a new
> Eurovan Camper!!!!!

lessseee.... the new ones are about $35,000.... your monthly payment on a
new one would be about $500

>I need some moral support

okay... here it is: stop your whining, pay the bill, and enjoy your van for
another 100K!

here guys/and
> ladies!!!!!!!!!!!
> When I put the 2.ol conversion in I swore that nothing would ever separate
> me and my Westy, and that I would be driving the van for the next 20
years.

lessseee... 20 years at the rate of 100k miles per ever 5 years equals 400k
miles... on top of the original 185k miles equals 585k miles.... an you
don't want to spend $1000 every 100k miles...
I DON'T THIINK SO.....


Bill

> Is there such a thing as a Anonymous Westy Owner meeting in the Midwest
> where I can burn my mechanic's bills and chant Westy songs??? Cheers,
> Hermann de Boer 87 Westy GL (the money pit)
>