On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Roy Olynick wrote:

> In 14 years of owning my '87 Westy, it's cost me the purchase price over again
> in maintenance. And that doesn't include the VW issue rose-coloured glasses.

OTOH, compare it to the purchase price of a brand new camper and you might
feel a little better.

Heck, I've put over a grand into various repairs to my H*nda recently, but
most of it's stuff I know I'll probably never need to have done again, so
I don't get too worked up about it.

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