> > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote: > > > This is a classic example of a "plan to fail" approach that most of us > fall > > into. > Not even close in my experience. I don't know where most volks that have vanagon's drive, but on many of the trips I drive on, I drive over 300 miles on back/dirt roads. The conditions aren't even remotely relative to asphalt/concrete, nor the stresses put on the vehicle closely the same. It becomes obvious very early on, while traveling on these back road conditions, whether a vehicle is prepared for that environment, but most of the volks I travel with do constant maintenance and preparation, and even then things fail. Almost always related to the impact the environment has on the van, not so much a new-cheap part. Stuff happens, and I want things like belts, CV joints/grease/tools, etc. with me to be prepared for the unforseen, unexpected. Going out on these back roads without being properly prepared, in my view, is like going for a bike ride without a helmet. So, taking a helmet along on a trip and using it, is a "plan-to-fail"? That kind of thinking is called an opinion. I have one too. ;-) It's just different from that one. Bob |
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