Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:34:58 -0500
Reply-To: "Ware, David (EM, PTL, Contractor, ARC)" <David.Ware@PENSKE.COM>
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From: "Ware, David (EM, PTL, Contractor, ARC)" <David.Ware@PENSKE.COM>
Subject: Re: one van for two people?
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>>(although i’m not sure how a job would affect all
>that)
This might be the argrument to buy you time. It would be a shame to dump
the van, only to discover the need for a replacement vehicle. (Her car to
get to school, your car or van to get to work.)
However, keeping cars for emotional reasons is a luxury. If you can't
afford that luxury, then...you can't afford it. Your wife's reasons for not
wanting the van are all valid.
Anyway...stall. Hope that you get a job that required you to use the van.
Find another way to get some cash. Any relatives you can borrow from? Any
trustworthy relatives you can "sell" the van to, with the understanding that
you can buy it back when you have the means?
>>We now live in a community where we are
>delightfully free to get around via foot, bike, and
>bus,
I envy you that.
Dave
'86 Westy FS
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Zeno [mailto:vw4x4@FYI.NET]
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 7:20 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: one van for two people?
One thing you have not thought of. What if you want to go one
way and she wnats to go the other? I've seen friends buy a vehicle
together, only to be enemies all to soon, because of this. What is
this relationship anyway? If you are married and the total milage
of both vehicles is less than 10,000 / year you might get away
with one vehicle. If you are anything less than married, you
just should not do this.
Eric
Damon Campbell wrote:
>This probably isn't the best place to bring this up,
>since it is a biased audience, but i'm curious about
>what your thoughts are.
>
>Since moving up here to Vancouver, BC, and still
>searching for a job, money things have become more of
>an issue since neither of us are employed (she is a
>student). Lately, my '84 westy has been a topic of
>conversation. In particular, whether or not we should
>keep it. We now live in a community where we are
>delightfully free to get around via foot, bike, and
>bus, so having two vehicles really isn’t necessary
>(although i’m not sure how a job would affect all
>that). There are two fairly divided camps of thought
>on this in our household:
>
>Hers - if we are only going to pare down to a single
>vehicle, the van is not the most practical one for
>what we use it for (basic transportation). She does
>not want to feel trapped into driving a vehicle she
>thinks is relatively unsafe (less than inspiring
>brakes, no airbags, no abs, etc.), has a blind spot
>(why do all vans have the same dent in the rear
>bumper), and is not known for being the most reliable
>vehicle in the world... Basically, if we are sharing
>a vehicle, she wants a modern, reliable, economical,
>and safe one (small, too).
>
>His - I've very recently spent a *lot* of time and
>money on this van. It is in really good shape, and
>since my dad is the original owner, all my family
>vacations were in it, so i kind of grew up in it.
>Yes, there still are a few, um... quirks (mainly with
>the FI adapting to the larger engine), but i honestly
>feel everything is reliable now (new hydraulics,
>rebuilt tranny, new engine, new etc. etc... deluding
>myself?). However, i do understand that a small car
>like a honda is better suited for around-town driving,
>gets better gas mileage, etc., so a lot of my
>attachment is an emotional one, not a rational one.
>
>This is starting to be a bit of a contentious issue in
>our house, and i'm wondering if i am being silly
>holding on to a van as a potential single vehicle that
>my wife *really* doesn't want to be committed to as
>our sole means of transportation. Another car would
>do what we need quite well, but i simply like this
>one.
>
>I'd appreciate your thoughts on this (and serious
>ones, please... last time i posted something involving
>my wife, i received a disturbing number of
>misogynistic responses)
>
>Thanks,
>-Damon
>
>
>=====
>'84 Westy (Sparky) w/2.3L WBX (wow... it actually works!)
>
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