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Date:         Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:45:19 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: gutless AND unreliable...(C'mon Volkswagen!!)
Comments: To: afox@cnr.colostate.edu
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Dear Andrew and All, I'm the guy that says you'll spend the purchase price of your van again within a year for parts and maintenance. Having restored several I'll personally state that I've never brought a Van back from the depths of neglect, abuse or sitting dormant for less than I paid for it. There are a lot of things an individual owner can do for themselves if they have the time and a decent repair manual. Even with personal skills and the manual it is easy to reach that purchase price within a year.

Stan Wilder

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 09:51:19 -0700 (MST) Andrew Fox <afox@cnr.colostate.edu> writes: > > After joining a VW Van club and meeting lots of actual Vanagon > owners in > person I came to a conclusion which goes like this: > Happy Vanagon owners fall into 3 categories: > > 1. Those who spend LOTS of time and energy working on them and > understanding them to make them reliable. > > 2. Those who spend LOTS of money paying someone to make their > vanagon > reliable. > > 3. Those who are very lucky and have very few problems with their > vanagons (very rare). > > If you dont fall into one of these 3 categories you live in > "Vanagon > Hell". Without actally meeting Vanagon owners in person (like on > this > list) it can be really hard to determine how much time and/or money > they > spend on this "hobby". > > It ticks me off when someone writes to the list asking about advice > on > buying their first vanagon and someone who owns several vanagons and > knows > all their ins and outs and designs aircraft parts for a living > writes them > back saying what a great vehicle they are and how trouble free they > are. > Bottom line is its not a vehicle for the layperson who wants to > travel on > the cheap like many of us thought when we bought these vans. Its > more of > a hobby for technically skilled and financially healthy persons. > Nothing > wrong with that, just everyone please stop giving the average joe > the > impression that these things just need a little TLC and they're good > to > go. > > Thanks, > > Andrew Fox > 86 Westy > > > > > >

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