Jim, The advantages of a house over a Westy: Goes up $275K in value in 3 months... Sell the house and buy a lot of Westies. Ah crap, BenT has already done that with Dokas. Cheers, Jeff
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of jimt Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:20 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: SYNCRO FOR SALE, BAD MOTOR, SEATTLE (NVC) The advantages of a westy over a house On the westy You can carry just liability - try that on a house Property taxes donΉt go up because of somebodies idea of a good project for taxing No covenant saying I can only paint or refurb with board permission according to rules by the few My vanagons insurance doesnΉt double because my value went up 50 percent. DonΉt have to keep the grass cut (or alive) No weeds to control DonΉt like the sun hitting that side (turn it around) I donΉt like the neighborhood..move on The neighborhood donΉt like me...move on No door to door saleman... No trash ads stuck to my door Get to watch wild life rather than tolerating it. Change neighbors occasionally. No dogs in the trash (just coyotes, bears, raccoons, possums, etc)
Just to list a couple jimt Planned insanity is best. Remember that sanity is optional. http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info) http://www.westydriver.com |
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