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Date:         Sat, 16 Apr 2016 18:01:41 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bel <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bel <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Interesting Syncro TDI on The Samba
Comments: To: Mike Stewart <mikestew@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CADPYfjr_Qg_yVRnW_sADVCRUZ2JMx-aDO3rmSeFf4yi3eyUeRQ@mail.gmail.com>
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You said it better than I did mike.

Alistair

> On Apr 16, 2016, at 5:53 PM, Mike Stewart <mikestew@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > >> On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> He says he's $100k into it. I believe him, but he's going to take a big loss. > > Only a tiny, tiny percentage of people selling things with wheels > *don't* take a loss, meaning they sell it for less than they put into > it. Now, hopefully one has traded the cost of deprecation for time > enjoying the vehicle. He put $100K into the vehicle? Well, hope that > wasn't his retirement money, because the vehicle is worth what someone > is willing to pay, and all the receipts in the world won't change the > fact that it's an unfinished Synchro project that'll take a ton of > work to finish. Land Rover seats don't offset the fact that is has > practically no interior. Of course, there's a reason it hasn't sold > after multiple years. > > Every dime I put into our '81, every hour of sweat over that engine > bay, every mod and doo-dad I put in/on it, I expect nothing back. If > we're lucky, maybe we'll get the original price out of if and when we > sell it. Because the money, sweat, and time I put into that vehicle is > for *us*. I don't expect the next person to pay me back for it. "Look, > I have receipts!" Yeah, well, receipts can't cover up bad taste. :-) > > But $100K later, and he still can't take it camping this weekend? Man, > someone ripped him off. Too bad that someone is him. > -- > Mike Stewart


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