Date:         Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:29:03 -0800
Reply-To:     dylan friedman <insyncro@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         dylan friedman <insyncro@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: buy a daily driver or press the syncro into service?
Comments: To: Aaron Pearson <aarondpearson@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Get a winter beater.
This year I scored a 90 Carat van that needed a little bit of work to make road ready.
Slapped on some Nokian C2s I had kickin around.
Total investment, $1300.00
I have named it "Salt Beast".
Think Snow!!!

dylan

----- Original Message ----
From: Aaron Pearson <aarondpearson@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:50:08 AM
Subject: buy a daily driver or press the syncro into service?

my wife and young son and i have done fine until now with one daily driver
and one vanagon.  I only used the van occiasinally around town and for
trips.  now, our commute schedule changed, and we both need to drive ~10
miles every day.  i'm fond of the van and i don't want to sell it, but i
also don't like the idea of the added wear and tear of driving it everyday.
i want it to last forever.  plus, a few times a year it needs
repairs/upgrades that keep it out of service for a few days.

so... should i buy a 3rd car (an older golf or something) for commuting, or
keep that money for additional van repairs and the occasional rental?  the
3rd car would have the bonus of better fuel economy, but only for a few
thousand miles per year.

i can't decide.

aaron
'87 syncro westy ej22

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