Daryl, Don't ever retire .......... you wont have time to do anything!

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daryl Christensen" <aatransaxle@DIRECWAY.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 11:45 AM
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
> >