let me know before you stop.  i'll order my trans whether my stock one
is broken then or not!

aaron
'87 syncro gl

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Daryl Christensen
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 10:46 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: in the year 2015......

When I took over this business from a friend 10 yrs ago, I figured that
I had 5 good years and then things would taper off gradually due to the
ages of the vehicles. True to a point...I do very few air cooled trannys
and a portion of the local shop businesses have gone out of business or
retired or changed focus. What used to be a strictly wholesale gig now
is at least 50% retail mail order stuff thanks to the web site and to
some extent, the various lists. My business is now 30% greater than what
it was 10 yrs ago...
 Now I am just waiting for the bubble to bust and slow down a bit so I
can Ski more and spend more time with the grandkids and be semi retired
like I thought I was going to be...
Daryl of AA Transaxle
----- Original Message -----
From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 9:02 AM
Subject: in the year 2015......

> 10 years from now, i predict that the only vanagons still existing 
> will be
> late model campers..a few dokas, and some specialty custom vans.
the
> passenger vans will be long gone..  the aircooled vanagons will be
gone.
> i predict
> that 99% of those vanagons still remaining in 10 years, will have 
> engine conversions.  they wont be "daily drivers" anymore.. their 
> owners having sunk so much money into them they are afraid to drive 
> them down the street..
>
> Most of the major vendors here on the list will have gone out of 
> business..
> or expanded their horizons to deal with newer passenger car models..
> Go Westy will be selling groud effect kits and cold air intakes for 
> mk5 jettas and golfs...  and the like..
> :<)
>
> what are some of your predictions?
>
> chris
>