So let's look a little more closely at the $35K Westy syncro.  Make it your
"recreational" vehicle and assume you travel ~10Kmi per year and camp 20
days per year in the Westy.  Twenty days at 50$us /day average is $1000 in
hotel costs.  5 years and it has 100KMi on it and is worth $20K in todays
frogskins.  Cost you 3K$ in depreciation saved you 1K$ in hotel bills alone
not to mention the peas and quiet.  During the first 3 years you have the
transmission and motor exchanged or rebuilt under warranty.  Add $3K to the
$20K to account for the new running gear and it's an amazing bargain
compared to any other RV thing.

However, I already have a customized moneypit/fishing cabin/ski
cabin/mallwart accommodation or I'd be on it like a weasel on a worm.

Mikey! here's your chance to cash in that M3 profit.