Some of us are better at taking the cruel ironies which life tosses at us
than others.  You have to be of a certain mindset (twisted) to drive,
maintain, and love these vehicles.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|Jim Felder
|Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:48 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: Westy sold, sanity returns
|
|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)
|>