Hi Stan,

You wrote:
>>I'll be the first one to tell a potential buyer that it is common to
>>spend the purchase price again on maintenance and repairs within a year.

>>since almost everybody I know has invested twice the resale
>>value in their vans within a couple of years.

All too true in my case --- and probably other folks as well. It's just a
bit of a shock to see it so baldly stated.
Cheers,
Doug