Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 09:39:53 -0800
Reply-To: Joseph Fortino <fortino1@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Joseph Fortino <fortino1@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: Those dreaded 9 words...
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my wife drove ours for 5 years, we had ups and downs with the van ;)
she had a suv before and when it was gone we made our van the main transport
for our family and everyday. she likes to drive non sticks now.. SOOOO we got her an older
acura with AC.
camping is fun and when we go i never want to come home, or what i call home
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Pearson <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM>
Sent: Dec 8, 2005 8:41 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Those dreaded 9 words...
i've been working on it slowly. i have a history of getting incredibly
excited about something, becoming an "expert" (in my own mind, anyway),
and then quickly forgetting about the idea once i've spent the
money/time. so this time, i've slowly (1 year +) convinced her that the
vw is the ultimate mountain van, if only it was just a little bit
faster... i've shown her that i'm being rational and considering a
variety of options (new engine options) from different angles. she's
slowly coming around. i can see it happening! i think she'll be ready
in the spring.
aaron
'87 syncro gl
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Michael Diehr
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 9:29 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Those dreaded 9 words...
"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!
:-)