In a message dated 3/4/05 5:06:00 PM Eastern Standard Time,
williams@FIRE.BIOL.WWU.EDU writes:

> From: Don Williams <williams@fire.biol.wwu.edu>
> Subject: I'll give you a little different perspective. I bought an 85
> Westy with AC that worked, and I took it out!!! How's that for a
> different point of view. The additional space above the sleeping area
> is wonderful and useful, the space you gain in the engine compartment
> is essential for working on it, and the inclination to interact with
> your outside environment is vastly increased with air conditioning.
> It may decrease your saleability a little---I don't know, but I will
> tell you this. The kind of person that is going to buy a 20 year old
> van is probably not the kind of person that would worry about air
> conditioning anyway. If you are worried about interacting with your
> environment get a Toyota Sienna and stay bottled up 24- 7. Maybe you
> can find a refrigerated suit that will get you from your
> air-conditioned vehicle into the motel room!!!
>
>

Don...  dont ever move to florida or south georgia..your "perspective" might
just change.....  :<)

chris
born in HOTlanta, and used to live in Savannah..  where it gets so damn humid
in the summer it feels like someone is pissing down your shirt...