If you trust the van and trust the son, I would only be concerned about the adverse influence of the numerous friends.� "Dude, you're always checking the stupid oil.� Do that later.� We need to get some food and�find those chicks we met."� That sort of thing.
�
Stephen

--- On Fri, 2/27/09, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Opinion on Long Trip w/young driver to Florida from Texas
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 10:31 AM

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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