Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:05:19 -0400
Reply-To: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Subject: Re: VW vs Subaru (picture)
Thank you John, it is more then a pleasure for me to read that kind of post.
I still don't know why i put so much time on my site, yea, i wonder? let's
say that post like yours keeps me going. Many have do so in private, and i
thank you all for those nice comments over the years. I may sound like a
jerk sometime but it's because of my latin blood (it boiled fast)... he he.
I don't expect anything back in return, nothing.
Well, maybe that if one day i'm stranded in the US/Canada, maybe in the deep
south (he he), someone will gine me a hand. I hope. But i don't count on
that, i just count on me, and only me, sadly....
I just turn 41, i have learn one thing about life, sadly, there is 2 kind of
people, the one that give, and the one that take. Not much in between.
Sadly, I think that there is more "taker" than "Giver". I see that around
me, many are jealous (i still wonder why), i guess that's the same thing in
the virtual world. Strangly, they are very wrong to be that way... i'm the
first guy in row who still want to learn, i listen when i don't know
something, and i say thanks after. In life, there will always be someone who
know better than you, now, is it really better! it which way! is it
important! Life is all about sharing, well, it's this way for me.
I'm lucky enough to master a few thing in life, including internet; being
able to publish stuff, built web-site, take good picture and i like
mechanical stuff.... and for now, i love Westy. So i share....
It's very simple, i'm a giver... Ask Mr. Roadhaus :-)
Best regards, Ben
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Ben,
Your web site has - over time - been a huge help to me in dealing with many
of my problems with maintenance. Though I am so far away it is not practical
for me to engage your services - I thank you very much for use of your web site.
My deal down here in the Deep South - is not so much to do every bit of my
maintenance myself - I can't do that any more. Over the years I seem to have
developed a significant case of "old bones". So, I do what I can - oil
changes, new filter, light bulbs, etc, etc. The light stuff, but the heavy
stuff I leave to the pro's. However, there are few Vanagon pro's in my area
- at least those I would trust. Dealerships are strictly verboten so far as
I am concerned. So, I study the problem, read the Bentley, read the Haynes,
query "The List", view the web sites - particularly that of "Benoit" and
then go find a shop whose mechanic is willing to recognize that I know more
specifics about that vanagon than he does, but he has the general mechanics
skills and experience that I don't - plus the tools. I take him my manuals,
any pictures from the web that might help, and together we get the job done.
He gets paid cash, I get a van whose problem is fixed and I am satisfied it
was done right the first time. Having done it this way for a very long time,
I have never had a problem with the job or the mechanic. As with all things
mechanical, sometimes there can be some minor thing, but that always has
gotten taken care of with no fuss. To me it is a matter of education -
education of the mechanic to me, and me to him. After that - no problems.
Keep up the good work. I know it is appreciated by one heck of a lot of
folks. And if you do decide to do that video after all, Please put me on
your customer list!
Regards,
John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Chelsea, AL
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