Date:         Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:36:33 -0600
Reply-To:     Roy Olynick <rrh@AUTOBAHN.MB.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Roy Olynick <rrh@AUTOBAHN.MB.CA>
Subject:      Re: gutless
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Good one, Doug!..but, hey, wait a minute...technically, now...wasn't VW the
previous owner?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Alcock" <doug.alcock@HEWITT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Re: gutless


| >| It would be nice to know if any one has owned a
| >| vanagon new how they feel about their purchase then and 15+ years
| later.
| >
| >I'm the original owner of a 1987 Westy.
| <Despite following the VW's recommended maintenance schedule religiously,
| using VW replacement parts and practicing
| >preventative maintenance, the vehicle has left me stranded at the side of
| the
| >road more
| >times than I deserve and has cost me more in repairs and parts than it
| cost to
| >buy in the first place. If I knew in 1987 what I know now, I would not
| have
| >bought the vehicle.
| >
| >Roy Olynick
| >'87 VW Westfalia GL
| >(till death do us part)
|
| Gee Roy, what do you do without a DPO to blame things on. And as for the
| rest of it ---- I missed the part where you go "Aprils Fools".
|
| Cheers,
| Doug