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Date:         Mon, 4 Jul 2016 14:42:05 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott - IMAP <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott - IMAP <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: why I discourage people from buying vanagons
Comments: To: Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CABToOY+jmMRGDmQX+DL3bn1rwGJncCjgYhnsRhFky1ay98Te9g@mail.gmail.com>
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I just saw on Wet Westy's that a couple just got a 91 Syncro Tin Top and they're all excited of course ...camping and adventure etc.

their last VW was a 67 Split Window Bus I think I read .. that sure is a Quantum Leap ..............and they'll probably do fine ... IF ever there was a Vanagon to warn people ..'be prepared for what you're getting into' ...or however you want to put it, it's a Syncro Vanagon. Not for the faint of heart or wallet, generally speaking.

Reminds me, I have a stock Syncro Driveshaft I would sell. Nothing particularily wrong or worn on it. Located Southern Oregon.

I 'may' be up to Portland OR around July 17...concerning any delivery.

Scott

On 7/4/2016 2:36 PM, Edward Maglott wrote: > To clarify, the folks I usually discourage are those who stop me in a > parking lot or at a campground really enthusiastic about wanting to get > "such a cool vehicle!" I tell them about the woes and high cost of > ownership if you can't do at least some of the work yourself. I think > gearheads like many of us get interested in them and do some research and > decide whether or not to jump into the adventure called Vanagon Ownership. > Edward > > On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Scott - IMAP <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> > wrote: > >> I never discourage people from owning Vanagons .. >> >> I just tell them they take SPECIAL CARE AND UNDERSTANDING .. >> that they are not like a old, say, Toyota that will run forever with >> hardly any repairs.. >> >> I also ask if they have ever owned a VW of any kind. >> Some VW background helps for sure. >> >> Fortunately older VW's are pretty conducive to owner-repair and >> maintenance. >> >> On 7/2/2016 6:59 AM, Edward Maglott wrote: >> >> Dennis says: "One thing you will find as a new Vanagon owner is that most >> regular shops are not equipped or willing to bother with vehicles of this >> vintage, never mind the Vanagon with its idiosyncrasies." >> >> worse yet are those shops that don't know what they are doing but try to >> work on the Vanagon anyway, causing much more damage than good. >> >> Edward >> >> >>


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