There is:
"I love you people dearly, but anyone who would pay $31,000 for a 20 year
old vehicle is a moron."
 > Don

... then, there is:
" It's about getting a vehicle that will meet one's wants/wishes/desires/ego
etc.  Many of
these vans are collector's items if properly maintained and cared for.
Maybe your 'thing' is art
and you're willing to pay 3 million on a Monet painting.  Maybe your thing
is junk food and your
willing to pay $3.00 on a big-mac." Malcolm

I'm as passionate and emotional (my diagnostic impression, not anyone
else's) as Malcolm is about these vans and mine in particular. Rational
thought does not necessarily apply, or at least gets defined by the host,
not someone else's opinion. I just bought 5 $163.00 tires for my van that
has 5 very good tires, but which are not properly load rated and are too
large in diameter, which have at least 30K miles left on them. That's my
example. Another example: if I did not own this van I would pay $20K to get
it. I paid $15K. And yes, it's an '87.

.... and, yes, I realize what I just said is "my opinion".

Bob Stevens
'87 Westy Syncro
"Passion Fruit"