Yeah I have to respectfully disagree too. At least not if I have anything to
say or do about it. Our conversion is our first, but isn't planned to be our
last, and the whole point is to keep something that isn't available in any
other form on the road and economically feasible. And if my pipe dream of
making a bostig a non-profit auto company can work, it could mean truly
alternative energy conversions or at the least continued improvement in
efficiencies via more resources and more people willing to help a non-profit
they believe in succeed, but also.. what happens if you can write off all or
part of your engine conversion as a donation to a non-profit. You feel me?
Benny got it right. New era. F the profiteer wastrels that squander good
technology on making a buck while limiting options with their financial
muscle.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Buese [mailto:tombuese@COMCAST.NET]
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 1:23 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: The two kinds of Vanagon owner..

I have to respectfully disagree! Our vanagon campers will still
appreciate in value, not as daily drivers, but as collector's
vehicles.  This is because the hobby is not necessarily a rational
one, but a cult oriented one that will not be affected much by gas
prices, only one's ability to buy, maintain, & love, & this will rise
w/ inflation?  Look what folks are paying for houses now compared to
5,10, or 20 years ago.

We are all nutz!

Flame suit on!

Tom B.-not sure bout non campers tho

On Apr 25, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Jason Willenbrock wrote:

> well,
> like the housing market this will change.  poeple may not realize
> it yet
> but, now is the time to get what you can for these vans.  like it
> or not,
> right now it is a sellers market.  whether we want to admit it or
> not, with
> rising energy issues, prices will crash on these prolly with in the
> next 5
> years.  these $50k syncros that get 16 MPG will be worth 5K.  Don't
> get me
> wrong i love my vans but i also know that in the near future they
> may not
> make sense economically (do they make economic sense now?)
> so i say let people get what they can now because in a few years it
> will be
> a buyers market and we can all have any van we want for cheap, may
> not have
> any gas to power them, but hey we can camp in our front yards!!
> my 2 cents
> jason
>
>
>> From: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
>> Reply-To: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: The two kinds of Vanagon owner..
>> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:42:57 -0500
>>
>>>
>>> Ok I'm done ranting - Again I could be very wrong and expect a
>>> beating
>>> here
>>> but it just seems to me that asking prices are very inflated.
>>>
>>> Later,
>>>
>>> Jeff Lincoln
>>>
>>
>> Jeff,
>>
>> They're only inflated if the seller is not getting the asking
>> price.  It's
>> hard to tell from a classified ad-or even ebay-if the deal went
>> down as
>> advertised.
>>
>> Jim
>
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