I can't believe I just read all of this. I want my ten minutes back. But I do have to respond to the original post, before it devolved into the semantics of language and nefarious consumer abuse, to say that Rocky Mountain Westy does EXCELLENT work. Everything is above-board and top of the line. I have a couple of friends here in Denver who have used their conversion services and the motors and setup are clean, robust, and professional, and definitely worth $12k if you want spend it on a good Subaru conversion. They offer great customer support and are genuinely a good small business that deserves the Vanagon community's support. Now back to etymology. Joe T. Denver, CO '85 Wolfsburg Westy Subie 2.2 (done for $5k, alone in 2005, with parts from Tom Shiels, Kennedy, SmallCar, Mastercraft, FLAPS, a Subie junkyard, another u-pull-it yard, and Wal-Mart, over a 90-day period ending with a 2-week no start situation in which I would have paid and additional $12 grand to get the damned thing running.) On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > So, Mark, an entire industry has co-opted a term for its purposes. > Consumer industries are good at that, of course, but it does not make it > right. It confuses consumers. No matter how much you protest that this > unscrupulous behavior is reality and those of us who expect fair treatment > are going to just have to get used to it, it sounds for all the world like > an advertising gimmick. I for one find it offensive. > > mcneely > > ---- mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote: > > All you have to do is open your ears. Try Google on the term "turnkey > > engine" and you will see hundreds of businesses selling engines they > > call turnkey. >
-- Joe T. '85 Wolfsburg Westy Subie 2.2 |
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