In a message dated 8/10/02 5:11:12 AM, hansph_99@YAHOO.COM writes:

>But this vehicle is 22+ years old.
>How long should I really hold on to a vehicle of this
>age, and keep rebuilding and repairing it?  Does a
>time come when, because of the fraility of certain
>unrepairable items, such as the insulation on the
>wires throughout the van, it doesn't make sense to
>maintain this van?  It probably won't make sense to
>take this van on a long road trip in 50 years.  Well,
>between then and now, when should I bail out and look
>to get something else?

Tell that to the folks driving Model T's....or Model A's. Or those 50's era
US vehicles.