Date:         Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:31:37 -0700
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From:         bueses <bueses@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Sources needed - Vanagon Cover
Comments: To: Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@COMCAST.NET>
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on 3/14/06 3:08 PM, Keith Ovregaard at kovregaard@COMCAST.NET wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Yesterday I bought one of those Costco portable garages. Got the OK
> from the landlord to set it up in her driveway and as soon as I was
> half way done erecting the thing she comes out and says it's too big
> and refuses to let me keep the thing. Needless to say, I was a bit
> peeved and once again questioning the sanity of menopausal women. But
> that's another story. My next idea is to offer to put some really nice
> planters along the side and see if she softens up enough to allow it to
> stay. Otherwise I will have to return it to Costco (a phone call
> confirmed it would be OK even though original packaging was removed) or
> offer it to local Vanagon folks. Too big & heavy to ship!
>
> I found that the quality of parts is pretty darn good for the price and
> it was well thought out. Instructions took me a while to find, but it
> was easy to follow. Parts are well labeled and organized. The frame fit
> together well, but I did not get a chance to evaluate the cover fit.
>
>
 Sorry about the aesthetics nazis-they are everywhere! If she does allow you
to keep it, don't forget to stake it down well.  Those things can fly at the
most inopportune times.

Tom-wife badgered moi about having one at the end of 100' long driveway
until I took it down & converted it to a shower building for BM.