Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:09:31 -0700
Reply-To: jimt <wetwesty@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From: jimt <wetwesty@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject: Re: [Syncro] meet tim...
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If someone were to give me the choice of a new 45000 dollar eurovan camper
or a lesser 25000 to rework my vanagon, I would take the 25000 and go to
work on my vanagon.
It relates to this.
The vanagon is a van converted to camper.
The eurovan is minivan dolled up to camper.
They advertised barbie with the wrong vehicle.
BTW on my vanagon.
I have spent a lot more than I paid for my westy on it in three and a half
years and very little of it actually on maintenance.
Biggest decision made was for my power plant to push me down the road and up
the hills. Total cost of that project was about 2800 dollars US. BTW that
changed my engine technology to 1994. Cooling system/heater system is 1996
and 2000 technology. My aux heater is 1998 technology. Sound system is
2003 technology. Van base though it is 1980 tech it exceeds the tech of any
"minivan" currently on the road except for those listed as small commercial
vans rated for heavy hauling. Only the chevy, ford, or heavy toyota etc
full vans match its technology in the frame. And they are still using their
1980s technology in the frames etc of theirs as well. They just updated the
internals and the breaking.
In the meantime my neighbor has gone out and bought another new jeep after 5
years to get a vehicle that is still basically the same as the 1998 he
traded in. he still has a massive debt. I have the pinkslip daddyoh.
Long live
Ed Roth
And
Rat Fink
jimt
On 11/16/04 10:54 PM, "Jason Kirk" <Gojira@ADELPHIA.NET> wrote:
> It's ridiculous to even consider such an endeavor. At best you still
> have a 14 year-old van with 14 year-old technology. A STUPID move for
> anyone except someone for whom that kind of money is small potatoes.
> Guarantee that things will start failing as with all other Vanagons,
> regardless of what's been replaced. I'd like to have it, but would never
> pay (that much) for it.
>
> Jason - 1987 weekender ($1300)
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
>> Doug in Calif
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:34 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: [Syncro] meet tim...
>>
>> There are folks buying new cars over $50K that loose MORE than that
> total
>> amount, in simple deprecation after owning for only 3 years.
>>
>> Two words
>>
>> "Cadillac Escalade"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Larry Chase" <roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Syncro] meet tim...
>>
>>
>>> Doug,
>>>
>>> Total out the door including cost of vehicle $32k
>>>
>>> Or how I'd rather look at it ... $.53 per mile over
>>> 60,000 miles and still a fair amount of life left
>>> in the Haus :)
>>>
>>> Larry Chase
>>> www.roadhaus.com
>>>
>>> - - -
