There are the embittered minority who had bad experiences with their
vanagons. That has not been my experience, nor most of ours.

Jim

On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Kevin Gilbert <kggilbert@myactv.net> wrote:
> Well, I'm tempted to offer a bit of a smart aleck comment, but, as I
> look out on a white and gray landscape and see my breath...
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Jim Cochran wrote:
>
>> Hi list,
>> Today I delivered my '86 Westy to a local buyer here in San Carlos,
>> Sonora, Mexico.
>> It's a pretty good van, now, with 600 miles on a good 2.1 rebuild,
>> fuel tank fixed and front wheel bearings, new fire extinguisher and
>> the usual... new Temp II sensor. Price? $9,000 cash.
>>
>> I still have a 1971 Bay that has a variety of problems, but I'm
>> going to park it until I get back from sailing, sometime in June. In
>> the meantime, I'll be sitting in the cockpit of my Morgan sloop
>> watching the lovelies swim in their tiny bikinis, painting
>> watercolors and playing my guitar, sipping iced beverages down near
>> the Guatemalan border.
>>
>> If I need a car, I will buy a Nissan.
>> If I need a headache, I will buy a Vanagon.
>>
>> Adios, and thanks for helping me get this far.
>> Love and good fortune to you all.
>>
>> Jim C
>> Mexico
>> 71 Bay Window (The Bing)
>> 73 Morgan 33 sloop (Bliss)
>> 87 Morgan 44 sloop (The Green Flash)
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