Yes, and...you're overlooking the 'knowledge factor' about having done your
own harness and thus being more able to deal with your sobie-vanagon if
there's a problem someday - you'll understand the system better, plus you
know the wiring harness will be done very carefully that way, by doing it
yourself. 

-        just other factors to consider is all I'm saying.

-        Scott 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: BJ Feddish [mailto:bfeddish@netreach.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 3:35 PM
To: 'Scott Daniel - Shazam'; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: RE: -Now Engine Conversion - doing your own soobie wire harness

 

>> It's all about leveraging ones time and money.

 

I just paid someone to set my new computer. 

 

I knew I could do it, but that they could do it faster better, and be there

if I have any problems, so it was wiser for me to have them do it - so, as

you say, sometimes it's far more effecieint to pay someone who's expert at

what they do, than to do it yourself. <<

 

EXACTLY. That's why I agreed with Ken that putting in a Subie will only be a

money saver IF you are very mechanically inclined. I work on computers all

day and have 5 around me in my basement as I'm typing. I built all of them

and half of them have their guts hanging out. One craps out, just fix the

problem, reformat, reload the OS and all applications. Piece if cake since I

do it all the time. I can fix almost ANY computer problem (mostly software)

since that is what I do for a living. When friends and family call me and

want a computer I tell them to call Dell and leave me alone because It's

that "support" thingy that they need, not a cheap computer.  For me, if I

were to do a Subie conversion I would pay Hans for his wiring harness and

anything else needed to make it an easy install and save me time. I'd rather

bill someone for some computer problem and pay Hans for a wiring harness

then splice the wires myself. 

 

I'm also extremely impatient. I can't imagine having the guts of my van on

the garage floor for 6 months... ;-)

 

Bryan

 

 

 

 

 

 

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