Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 14:55:20 EDT
Reply-To: Chrisw7971 <Chrisw7971@AOL.COM>
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From: Chrisw7971 <Chrisw7971@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: for sale; 1987 syncro vanagon!!!!!!!!!!
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In a message dated 98-05-09 08:05:06 EDT, thetrans@INAME.COM writes:
<< >In a message dated 98-05-09 03:41:20 EDT, dearbo@EROLS.COM writes:
[el snipieo]
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> East coast car, huh, must be a rust bucket.
>
Wow! Such venom.. most unlike what one expects here. Well here's my non
mechanical $.02:
1) VW's, and especially the van/westies have special places in people's
hearts, which often result in people doing irrational things.. paying more
than maybe an objective buyer would for a used vehicle, putting more money
into one to keep it going, etc.
Thats the nature of this beast. Kinda like beanie babies. I bet there are
some wonderful geographic stats on who'se paying big muchacha $$ for a
thing that literally cost $.25 to make!! But another case of emotion
overruling logic.. society is full of such examples... and a footnote.. in
MOST cases it makes people happy!!
2) I think I know why syncros (and VW vans in general) cost more on the
west coast vs. the East and Mid West. You guys got the good dope first.
Thirty years ago, the west coast had the best drugs. So a huge emotional
bond took place when the good ganj was passed in the ol VW vans (westies,
splitties and regular passenger vans). At that time there were fewer vans
in the East and Mid West, and the dope wasn't as good, so fewer emotional
bonding experiences. West Coasters are always seeking to maintain that
wonderful coolness from the sixties (which gets harder and harder every
year.. first Nixon, then Reagan, then Bush, then El Nino and Gingrich... I
digress), and this is just one of those manifestations.
But lets not forget, this is the ... nineties...! We all pay exhoribitant
amounts for sinse (gold is literally cheaper), and hell our Mid West
bretheren grow as much or more than our friends up in Humbolt! And at least
it is, for the most part, all really good, everywhere!! Folks in the East
and Mid West smoke the same quality stuff as the gang on the West Coast,
its just that the retro emotional bonding drive isn't as strong, and
consequently a reverse regressive economic pattern is observed relative to
van pricing.
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And once again a coversation I am involved in shifts to marijuana (though this
conversation is over the internet). LOL
-Chris
87 Syncro GL
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