I imagine that the gov't before long will come up with some sort of standard, be it safety or emissions, etc., that older cars (i.e., vanagons) do not meet and we won't be able to drive them unless we pay some sort of extra tax, which would make it far too expensive to own and force us all to buy "newer" vehicles making our Vanagons worthless.

I'm sure it would be sold as "good for our environment", "socially concious", "good for the economy", "to reduce our dependency", "bring jobs to America", or some other rhetoric like that.

David Wilhite
84' Westy
Middle TN
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From: "Jeff @ Autostadt West" <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>

> I agree!
>
> Your Westies are now completely useless...
>
> Please send me your information and I will pay you the scrap value of the
> metal in your Westy.
>
> Syncro's are worth an extra $50 due to the increased weight.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
> www.scrap_your_westy.org
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>
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Bernie wrote:
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> snip
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> > I don't believe 4 dollar gas is here to stay either because we are going
> to
> > 8 dollar a gallon gas and quicker than most would believe. As I indicated
>
> snip
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> > I do believe at 10 dollar's a gallon then camping across the country
> burning
> > fossil fuels in a vanagon may become a thing of the past.
> > As much as I love to be on the road in my westy it seems to me there is
> > a point at which you say this don't not make sense anymore even if I
> > can afford the gas.
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> > In Europe they pay over 10 dollars a gallon but there drive small diesels
> > and
> > not SUV's.
> > Just my two cents.
> >
> >
> > Bernie
> > Vancouver
> >