> Just this last weekend I missed out on a three-Westy  camping trip that had
> been planned for several months because my Westy  took a $#!@. This
morning, I
> found myself looking at it with a slight  smile daydreaming of whether the
next
> getaway in it would be to the  mountains or to the coast!!!!! Call me
stupid, or
> better yet call me a  Vanagon owner.

Sounds like a good excuse to get another Westy as a  spare... works for me!
:-)
.
Hey now, I resemble that remark ! :o)
In the time My (real bus) has been down,
getting major body work & paint,
new interior, etc. finished on him,
I've had to buy two other busses to
keep the hippy-hippy shakes away !!!
All's fair in love & love of busses !!!!
JC.....