Date:         Mon, 18 Aug 1997 08:54:46 -0700
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Bob Bellanca" <bajatrvlr@abac.com>
Subject:      Re: seel 84 westy

Dear Ken,
When I was 16 yrs old, I purchased a `61 Kombi. I turned it into a camper
over a period of about 6 mos. I drove it for 3 yrs before selling it
because I was tired of going 60 miles per hour when everyone else was doing
70. That sale haunted me for the rest of my life... I kept having dreams
that I still owned it but just forgot where I parked it...The dreams abated
after the purchase of the `82 diesel Westy...Good Luck,
Bob Bellanca
`81 Diesel Rabbit
`84 Turbo Diesel Jetta
`82 1.9L Turbo Diesel Westfalia


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> From: Karen Winter <cen13504@centuryinter.net>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu>
> Subject: seel 84 westy
> Date: Monday, August 18, 1997 6:48 AM
> 
> Fellow Vanagon owners: 
> 	I knew I made a mistake when I priced it. A young couple asked how much
> I would cost to buy my 1984 Westy. It named my price and they didn't
> even flinch.  She called the nexted day to arange finanacing and said
> she would call me back..    
> 	The business person in me says "It's only a car".  But I feel ill when
> I think about selling it.  It makes no since to feel this way  given the
> vans age and potential for problems.  I have the VW vanagon diease
> badly.  
> 	Can a person experience withdrawls from selling a Vanagon?
> I know I all most experience an overdose when I had Two broken Vanagons
> in my driveway.
> It is silly to place so much sentinmental valve on a vehicle. It is
> amazing how my friend and family impose human like characteristic on the
> Van.   It will seem like a family member is gone if they buy the van.
> 
> Boys and their toys.
> The only problem is the older the boy, the the more expensive his toy.
> 
> Kenneth Winter