> "Honey, I think we should consider selling the Vanagon?" > > Pardon? "Shelving" the vanagon? No honey, it's got shelves in it > already. And besides, why would we want to work on the interior > when the engine is dead....the engine...the engine is dead....it's > dead. Uh oh. That's not what you said, is it? What did you say > exactly? > > It could happen to you. The fear. Those words...echoing in your head. > > How do I convince my sig.other that spending $4k to $8k on a engine > rebuild/fix/swap actually is a good idea. This is, after all, a 20 > year old car with 150k miles on it. I think she's still mad over > the 24 hours spent broken down in the middle of nowhere on our last > vacation. She's also concerned about global warming. And > societal breakdown. So I'm thinking maybe start with the TDI > conversion running biodiesel (reliable and good for the environment) > and then negotiate from there? Maybe the idea that the vanagon > could be up-armored a lot easier than a Camry, and we'd probably look > silly driving a Camry with mohawks and crossbows? > > Help me out here! > > :-) I think the first thing you have to do is hide the actual expense-take the $8k out of your petty cash rainy day account & tell her it only cost $2k? Then when she discovers that you lied to her, tell her you had "bad intelligence", & that it would be "totally irresponsible" to abandon the vanagon now that you have invested so much time & effort! Grin, Tom-its the patriotic thing to do |
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