Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:23:24 -0500
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: My 82 Diesel
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Don't worry about that small stuff.
Larry spent over $12,000.00 on his and has put about $15,000.00 into it
after the initial purchase within one year.
He's reroute to New Mexico and logging a list of VW repair centers along the
way.
I'd get that thing checked out .............. if something appears to be
failing you can bet your Cairo undies that it's going to fail completely in
short order.
I remember about HAL in 2001 Space Odyssey ...............see what I mean?
Real trouble a commin'.
Stan Wilder
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joy Hecht" <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:19 AM
Subject: Re: My 82 Diesel
> No no, Stan, that doesn't work. It has to be inversely related to what
you
> pay for it! You know, the more you pay, the less you should have to spend
> to keep it running. But the incredible bargains to purchase should have
> higher operating costs.
>
> Otherwise I'm in big trouble. Matilda wasn't so cheap! I've been griping
> about how much I've spent on her upkeep, but in 9 months it's not even 20%
> of what I paid for her.
>
> And happily when I set out on the road this morning to take her to the
> hospital to find out why she's been losing power, she performed just
> splendidly outracing the speed limit on the Garden State Parkway. After
50
> miles I decided this was for real, and I turned around and went back to
> where I started. For another 50 miles she was just fine. Let's just hope
> it lasts, and all I wasted was some gas and a few tolls. Lots cheaper
than
> the Vanagon hospital in Westchester.
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
> ****************************************************************
> Joy Hecht
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>
> For musings about life and the vanadventures:
> http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy
>
> ****************************************************************
>
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> :::Of Stan Wilder
> :::Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:27 PM
> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: Re: My 82 Diesel
> :::
> :::Not so fast there, bunkie. Remember the new-tew-yew vanagon rule.
> :::You're
> :::gonna spend twice what you paid for it in the first two years just to
> :::keep
> :::it running.
> :::------------------ Clip -----------------------
> :::Absolutely right!
> :::The market price for Vanagon going to wrecking yards is $250.00 with
> :::decent
> :::body parts and dead engines.
> :::The market price running down the road under it's own power is about
> :::twice
> :::that much.
> :::If you invest in an engine rebuild then it's a marriage made in hell as
> :::everything else begins to fail.
> :::
> :::Stan Wilder
> :::www.engineceramics.com
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