Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 06:04:57 EST
Reply-To: RAlanen@AOL.COM
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: Total restoration cost!
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In a message dated 02/02/2007 2:30:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
It may be that the smiles on our faces are more important than the money.
It might be more about
"utility theory" and not so much about the money. Having $30/$44/$65,000
says NOTHING about the
"opportunity cost" in adventure and smiles. I'd rather have 10 years worth
of adventure and
smiles than $65,000 in 10 years. I've had my vans in Saudi Arabia, Morocco,
I drove my van from
Cairo to Amsterdam, and several trips through England and Western Europe.
I've driven across
Canada a few times and across the northern US. And I'm just getting warmed
up!
As for "In general, car addicted people are not good money people." ...... I
have a Pd.D. in
Finance from a big school :-) and I am an Associate Professor of Finance
at my local U, and I
can tell you with ABSOLUTE authority! that "it's not about the money" The
investment is in my
life!, Not in my van. "economic sense" is subjugated to lifestyle and
adventure. :-)
Malcolm, you hit the nail right on the head ! When Benny Boy and I
and 50 ~ 100 other Westys show up at my daughter's wedding in Zamora next
December that's when we will all be smiling. No way to achieve that
satisfaction in any retirement fund. Now Benny Boy and I are trying to make ourselves a
trouble free trip so we will have time to work on everyone else ride on that
trip. Wait till we break down and you guys are laughing your asses off at
us. But hey, we WILL be having fun and you can't get that kind of
entertainment with any other RV or investment fund !
Cheers,
Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg (Forsale) & Lionel Trains (_Collection
for sale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) )
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