Allan, I will be using these comments to make my decision and it seems that
it is leaning toward letting him go.  If so, he's gonna make a BIG deposit
in the favor bank. :-)

> <Well a 3,000 mile road trip is probably LESS stressful to the vehicle than
> 3,000 miles running around town.  As long as you trust him to do things like
> check the oil at each fill-up, not run it at red-line the whole way, etc. it
> will probably be fine.  You seem to have the van in good shape, so the only
> things that are likely to go wrong are random problems that could happen to
> any vehicle.
>
> Allan
> --
> 1983 300D
> >
>
>

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Michael in San Antonio
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