Don,
I'm with you. The moment I begin to believe that I
need power-steering, power-windows, power-mirrors, AC,
electric butt warmers, power-seats, all kind of
warning beeps and blares that go off because - gasp -
the key is in the lock and I dared to open the door,
automatic transmission, voices  that tell me when to
make a turn, the well-"oiled" advertisement machine of
21st century corporate America has finally broken my
mind.
Enough said.
Reinhard
83 "Half-Syncro" Westy, Moose

PS I'm waiting for automatic buttwiping on a
port-a-potty with heated seat (computer controlled, of
course, with a nice comfy suggestive voice to remind
me that I have to do my business now)

--- Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET> wrote:

>   I go along with the basic premise.  After having a
> long "Love/Hate"
> relationship with a very complex machine (A Porsche
> 928) one with
> doubly-redundant redundantancies and warning systems
> that were broken more
> often than actually right, I looked long and hard to
> find the simplest van I
> could.  I love the fact that there are so few things
> that break or don't
> work properly without constant fiddling...
>   I went the empty van route to begin with, planning
> on adding whatever I
> needed as I needed it.  After some time and a few
> trips, some looking around
> and some consideration, I bought, used, an interior
> from a westie and
> installed only what I wanted, mainly because I got
> the whole interior, with
> everything working for $350!  I couldn't even buy
> the materials for that,
> let alone a sink, stove and water system that went
> into my GL in about one
> day's labor...
>   So I have just the stuff on the drivers side wall
> and the fold down bed,
> and that is plenty for extended camping for me...Oh,
> just today I installed
> the old stereo out of my Porsche  928...but I left
> out the aux. amp and
> about half the speakers and crossovers and telephone
> antennas and and and...
>   Roll up windows, no AC, Inline 4 motor, no rear
> wiper, no top..
>   Pretty simple...but a bit more than just a
> sleeping pad and a
> cooler...yeah..
>   Don Hanson
>

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