>  Using that logic, you might as well buy an extra Vanagon or two.
> After all, they aren't making them any more, and what would you do
> if one of
> them had a failure of some sort?

you mean ... you DON'T have spare vanagons in the back yard??

uh, like, most of us kinda do. ;)
and more pieces hidden away like acorns.

unca joel