In a message dated 3/4/05 5:06:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, williams@FIRE.BIOL.WWU.EDU writes:
> From: Don Williams <williams@fire.biol.wwu.edu> > Subject: I'll give you a little different perspective. I bought an 85 > Westy with AC that worked, and I took it out!!! How's that for a > different point of view. The additional space above the sleeping area > is wonderful and useful, the space you gain in the engine compartment > is essential for working on it, and the inclination to interact with > your outside environment is vastly increased with air conditioning. > It may decrease your saleability a little---I don't know, but I will > tell you this. The kind of person that is going to buy a 20 year old > van is probably not the kind of person that would worry about air > conditioning anyway. If you are worried about interacting with your > environment get a Toyota Sienna and stay bottled up 24- 7. Maybe you > can find a refrigerated suit that will get you from your > air-conditioned vehicle into the motel room!!! > > Don... dont ever move to florida or south georgia..your "perspective" might just change..... :<) chris born in HOTlanta, and used to live in Savannah.. where it gets so damn humid in the summer it feels like someone is pissing down your shirt... |
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