Date:         Sun, 11 Aug 2002 00:12:40 -0500
Reply-To:     Fredrich Hesterberg <FredsVW@WEBTV.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Fredrich Hesterberg <FredsVW@WEBTV.NET>
Subject:      Re: Real world practical life of the Vanagon
Comments: To: KimBrennan@AOL.COM
In-Reply-To:  Kim Brennan <KimBrennan@AOL.COM>'s message of Sat, 10 Aug 2002
              14:37:57 EDT
Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII

To all,
The Model T's and A's were a bit more simple than what we are driving,
and made for the common man to take care of with liitle money and simple
tools.
These machines are not as simple or inexpensive to keep.
There will never be anything to compare with these machines of the past.
Not even peoples Machine is in this spot in history.


Good Evening

Fred,


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But this vehicle is 22+ years old.
How long should I really hold on to a vehicle of this age, and keep
rebuilding and repairing it? Does a time come when, because of the
fraility of certain unrepairable items, such as the insulation on the
wires throughout the van, it doesn't make sense to maintain this van? It
probably won't make sense to take this van on a long road trip in 50
years. Well, between then and now, when should I bail out and look to
get something else?
Tell that to the folks driving Model T's....or Model A's. Or those 50's
era
US vehicles.