Date:         Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:26:03 +0100
Reply-To:     Calle Fallberg <calle.fallberg@SWIPNET.SE>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Calle Fallberg <calle.fallberg@SWIPNET.SE>
Subject:      SV:      Reaching the end . . .
Comments: To: Jonathan Lee <jrlee@MAILANDNEWS.COM>
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Hi Jon !

Just by ASKING this list what to do I think your choice is made already - or ......
As I see it you could decide NOT to buy the Vanagon and regret it for the rest or your life OR buy it - and regret that for the rest of your life. 
But if you decide to buy them both - witch is a darn good idea - and fix the Vanagon, you will probably get one of the most entertaining cars youŽll have in your life, with all its bad habits added as "freebies" !
If you buy the Plymouth or any of those other vehicles you mentioned youŽll only have transportation.......
Oh, BTW, forget the Beetle, they look cool but are poor in handling, bad when inner space/ size are concidered and downright lousy in safety - even if the one I had - a -52 - always started even on the coldest winters day and got quite warm inside from the heat I produced when scraping the ice off the INSIDE of the windows :p
Best of luck whatever you decide, and please let us share your experiences with the Vanagon ;)

Calle
-88 Vanagon AND a Ford Escort Paneltruck until the Vanagon is in "perfect" shape again
Mullhyttan, Sweden

> Hello list.
> 
> Well, my long, hard decision-making process is nearing an end.
> I managed to get an old '78 Plymouth Voyager van to start today, and drove it
> around a few blocks.  It's cheap ($300), and will definitely sputter its way to
> Vallejo this weekend for a harpsichord-moving gig.  I've bought myself some time.
snip 
> 1.) Buy the Vanagon.
> 2.) Buy the Plymouth AND the Vanagon.  Do nothing to the Plymouth, fix the
> Vanagon.  That way, if either one of them is a mistake, I've got another
> harpsichord-schlepping vehicle.
> 3.) Buy the Plymouth and use it only for harpsichord moving.  Buy another
> (non-Vanagon) vehicle for everyday commuting.  Perhaps the earlier-mentioned '67
> Beetle (at least it's a VW -- would it be reliable?  The owner says it is. . .  But
> *she's* selling the thing) or perhaps something more like a mid-'80s Subaru or
> Honda.
> 
> Anybody have any final suggestions?
> 
> best,
> Jon
> ---
> Jonathan Rhodes Lee
> jrlee@mailandnews.com
>