Date:         Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:32:53 -0800
Reply-To:     Jim Thompson <jim@KARMANNGHIA.COM>
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From:         Jim Thompson <jim@KARMANNGHIA.COM>
Subject:      Re: SYNCRO FOR SALE, BAD MOTOR, SEATTLE (NVC)
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To Chris, Tim, et al.....

Where & why do you think I've been living in "Ole Putt" since 1999? (6 years
this coming March 1st).  My so-called joke of an "average" salary can barely
afford the necesseties (sp?) such as food, gas, a small storage room (at
$200 mo!) and heart meds, much less the niceties of a warm domocile here on
the left coast and I was born here.  Living on less than $28K in California
a year is a pain in the butt, no matter who the person may be.  The only
thing separating myself and the local (Ventura, CA) homeless on the street
is a relatively cozy Westfalia for myself and boxes/tents for them.

Steve's rig is priced OK for this part of the country and looks rather nice.
But a guy like me can't take advantage of this deal because 1) No place to
keep or work on it; 2)No $$ to do or have the work to be done with it;  3)No
$$ for the additional insurance; 4)No $$ to buy the rig in the first place.
I had to take a personal loan out last year ($4500) for a complete
engine/auto trans overhaul, plus a bunch of other things that needed fixing
on "Ole Putt" and just paid that off recently.

Eric - I really think yer way off-base on this one IMHO.

Jim Thompson
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
oldvolkshome@earthlink.net
jim@karmannghia.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: SYNCRO FOR SALE, BAD MOTOR, SEATTLE (NVC)


> In a message dated 1/5/05 12:06:00 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> so where do the "average" people live..if they cannot afford a $200k+
home??
> i always wondered how people survive on the west coast..those like me who
do
> not make over $25k a year..  i have known so many of my friends who have
moved
> out there to the west coast, only to move back to the east coast in a year
> becuase they say its so expensive and cannot make ends meet..
>
> chris
> scraping together pennies in pennsylvania...