Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 12:22:10 -0400
Reply-To: Ben <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
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From: Ben <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Subject: Re: Burnt Van Photos
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HI, i would not care if this guy was alone and completely aware of it's
situation, but when others are involve in your "stupidity", that the job
of others to ring some bells. It's like drunk drivers, go kill yourself
if you want but don't bring others in your coffin (on the road or
passenger). I see motorcycle drivers on 1 wheel on the freeway, ok, but
when there is someone on that back or if he is in town, it's plain stupid.
When i bring someone on my bike.... i remember that:
http://www.benplace.com/moto.htm
I just let go Sylvia, my girlfriend, with our Red Westy... the van was
just off the lift. I check everything and i told her to have a nice
ride. She his with her son, that is all she have.
I have spent the last 4-5 years putting stuff on my site, writting here
so people could be more aware, i wonder if it's help??? yes, sometime i
wonder if all those hours behind my computer helped!
Anyway, that is life i guess.
I'll have a little ride on my bike now.
Ben
http://www.benplace.com/
ps.: for those who still p-mail me and tell me that i make some English
mistake (very politely i have to say)..... you must be new here! I'M
FRENCH SPEAKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)))))))
Jack R. wrote:
>Ben,
>
>You are a good man... to put this on the list!!! Sometimes you have to hit
>someone over the head with a 2 by 4, to get them to listen. Far too many
>people in this American "throw away society" overlook or fail to look at the
>value of good maintenance. That value could be a life saver! The old
>saying "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure", really holds true
>in car maintenance. That guy who had you inspect the car probably just
>wanted to hear you say that he got a great deal. But, when the truth was
>told, he was too embarrassed to accept that he made a bad decision, and
>unfortunately he compounded that decision by making another bad decision in
>not taking your advice. Ben, keep those Vanagon's on the road, and keep
>hitting the stupid people over the head with 2 by 4's!
>
>Jack R.
>84 Westy, Wolfie
>Owned for 20 years, new motor last year and nearly complete on the body
>make-over.
>N. of Detroit
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>Benny boy
>Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 10:57 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Burnt Van Photos
>
>People are plain stupid.... that include some of you here on this list.
>
>2 days ago, i inspected an 87, original fuel line, no more clamp on the fuel
>rail, or what was left of them, piece of rust.
>
>Something like that, but worse:
>http://www.benplace.com/gilles/gilles5.jpg
>
>So, i offer the guys to at least replace the clamps because this is to
>dangerous... he said how much? can it wait till next year? I said NO!
>
>I said bro, i'm busy like hell but i can not let you go like that, he said
>again, how much? i tell him about 20$ for all the clamp + 1 hour... he said,
>i will wait till next time.
>
>2 kids in the back....
>
>Plain frigging stupid person... so go die in you van, it will be your
>coffin.
>
>Don't tell me i'm rough! yes i am, because people are ignorant, and that is
>ok, my job is to tell them. So this guy probably tought that i was trying to
>riped him off.
>
>It was my Job to tell him, the following is NOT my job, it's something i did
>so people can be more aware.
>
>http://www.benplace.com/fuel_line.htm
>
>I'm so tired of telling the same story. 50% of people just don't care, go
>and drive what could become your coffin.
>
>I have so many ugly storry about stupid Vanagon/Bus's driver's...
>
>Here a quick one: one guy, 87 Vanagon, good for the crusher, he paid 13k, i
>fully inspect the van, pieces of crap, not much clutch left, not much brake
>left, master is leaking, no compression on 2 cylinders, only 2 motor mounts
>left (on 4).... I tell him fix the van, put it in your backyard until you
>have moeny or sell it for 1K, but don't go in a 2000 miles vacation with
>that coffin on wheel, you got 2 kids in the back and one is only a few
>months old... he said ok, thanks Ben, he feels stupid... lately, on a local
>mailing list... i see that he is still going in vacation and the van was NOT
>fix... he his in a bubble of is own right now, he feel stupid that he bought
>that van and he doesn't want to hear the truth.
>
>Go kill your kids men, i have NO pity for this kind of person.
>
>Believe me, i know how stupid we all can be, i was one of those guy with my
>old 87, but now, i know a lot about those vans, and i'm sharing what i know,
>me, no one told me anything at that time.
>
>Ben
>http://www.benplace.com/vw2.htm
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