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Date:         Mon, 24 Oct 2005 11:04:42 -0600
Reply-To:     Aaron Pearson <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Aaron Pearson <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM>
Subject:      Re: in the year 2015......
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let me know before you stop. i'll order my trans whether my stock one is broken then or not!

aaron '87 syncro gl

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Daryl Christensen Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 10:46 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: in the year 2015......

When I took over this business from a friend 10 yrs ago, I figured that I had 5 good years and then things would taper off gradually due to the ages of the vehicles. True to a point...I do very few air cooled trannys and a portion of the local shop businesses have gone out of business or retired or changed focus. What used to be a strictly wholesale gig now is at least 50% retail mail order stuff thanks to the web site and to some extent, the various lists. My business is now 30% greater than what it was 10 yrs ago... Now I am just waiting for the bubble to bust and slow down a bit so I can Ski more and spend more time with the grandkids and be semi retired like I thought I was going to be... Daryl of AA Transaxle ----- Original Message ----- From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 9:02 AM Subject: in the year 2015......

> 10 years from now, i predict that the only vanagons still existing > will be > late model campers..a few dokas, and some specialty custom vans. the > passenger vans will be long gone.. the aircooled vanagons will be gone. > i predict > that 99% of those vanagons still remaining in 10 years, will have > engine conversions. they wont be "daily drivers" anymore.. their > owners having sunk so much money into them they are afraid to drive > them down the street.. > > Most of the major vendors here on the list will have gone out of > business.. > or expanded their horizons to deal with newer passenger car models.. > Go Westy will be selling groud effect kits and cold air intakes for > mk5 jettas and golfs... and the like.. > :<) > > what are some of your predictions? > > chris >


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