I concur fully.  Let's say your Westy Escape Pod has 150Kmiles serves
breakfast and dinner sleeps 4 in a pinch works as a ski cabin, huntin lodge,
seaside resort, high country retreat, fishin' shack, astronomy base,
poppywatching basecamp,and stealth accommodations at MallWarts around the
country, gets only 15mpg and knows the way home.  To replace all that
capability would cost ?? 25K minimum at the local new car monger.   A NEW
sportsmobile, well don't even think about it.  So if it is a 'guzzler' get a
beater to drive for the most part and reserve your legendary Tardis for
worthy ventures.

On 8/2/09, steve@eurocampers.com <steve@eurocampers.com> wrote:

> There's no doubt a few Vanagons will meet their fate through this
> program.
>
> I would have traded in my '93 EV Weekender had I insured it for the
> past year.  It has 200K on it and it's a little rusty in the wheel
> wells.  It would be a good van for someone to fixup, but it's not
> worth $4,500.  The same goes for many Vanagons.
>
> I could also scrap my '99 EV GLS.  It has nearly 170K on it, but it's
> such a good reliable useful van, that I hate to see it go.  I think
> the value is just a bit under $4,500, so it's not such a great deal.
>
> I have lots of family and friends that were hoping to turn something
> in under this program.  None of them had vehicles that qualified.
> The program was smart in the way it takes the worst gas guzzlers off
> the road.
>
> It really comes down to value.  If your Vanagon is worth close to
> $4,500 bucks or more, your a bit crazy to scrap it.  Most of the
> Vanagons that will meet their demise under this program likely would
> have gone to the crusher sooner or later anyway.
>
> Steve
> SKL Enterprises Inc.
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>
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>
> On Aug 2, 2009, at 10:24 AM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>
>
>> thats actually a merion brown '86 westy wolfsburg weekender..
>> what a shame.   i guess it has "CLUNKER" written across the
>> windshield now,
>> and must be scrapped.
>>
>> the sad thing is that vehicles elegible for this program must be 25
>> yrs old
>> or LESS...so this idiot just scraped by by ONE YEAR..
>>
>>
>> im sure many more '86-'91 vanagons will meet this fate as well -
>> especially
>> in california.
>> at least vehicles that are older than 25 yrs are NOT elegible, so
>> they are
>> "protected" LOL
>>
>> chris
>>
>>