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Date:         Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:35:03 -0400
Reply-To:     BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
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From:         BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
Subject:      Re: -Now Engine Conversion - doing your own soobie wire harness
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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>> It's all about leveraging ones time and money.

I just paid someone to set my new computer.

I knew I could do it, but that they could do it faster better, and be there if I have any problems, so it was wiser for me to have them do it - so, as you say, sometimes it's far more effecieint to pay someone who's expert at what they do, than to do it yourself. <<

EXACTLY. That's why I agreed with Ken that putting in a Subie will only be a money saver IF you are very mechanically inclined. I work on computers all day and have 5 around me in my basement as I'm typing. I built all of them and half of them have their guts hanging out. One craps out, just fix the problem, reformat, reload the OS and all applications. Piece if cake since I do it all the time. I can fix almost ANY computer problem (mostly software) since that is what I do for a living. When friends and family call me and want a computer I tell them to call Dell and leave me alone because It's that "support" thingy that they need, not a cheap computer. For me, if I were to do a Subie conversion I would pay Hans for his wiring harness and anything else needed to make it an easy install and save me time. I'd rather bill someone for some computer problem and pay Hans for a wiring harness then splice the wires myself.

I'm also extremely impatient. I can't imagine having the guts of my van on the garage floor for 6 months... ;-)

Bryan


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