"I mean, could you imagine maintaining and/or restoring an older RV?"
�
Really!� While traveling through eastern PA a few years ago we stopped for lunch at a rural diner and parked nearby and for sale was an old Mercedes diesel shuttle-sized bus (model 209?) that we looked at for a while.� It was beat and I considered that my shivers of apprehension were a strong indicator of the decision�we should make.� Wisely, we drove on.
�
Stephen

--- On Fri, 5/21/10, neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon Woes
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Friday, May 21, 2010, 4:09 PM

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Arkady Mirvis <arkadymirvis@gmail.com> wrote:

>...... When I do maintenance and even minor
> repair on my 1991 diesel Jetta and 1987 Westy my frustrations are expressed
> in words one can hear a mile away during the hottest hours of portuguese
> day.

For me, a lot of that is a learning curve. Like manual transmission
R&R. Finally took the time to build what is, ironically, shown in the
Bentley manual; a small platform to support the transmission on the
jack. I cussed (profanity) much less using that on my floor jack.

As the years creep on, I learn more and more that there's no "free
lunch" and "nothing is perfect". We get back, more or less, what we
put into these beasts. Personally I see my sessions of profanity,
sweat, and tears as "paying if forward" to help ensure a more
enjoyable traveling and camping experience.

I mean, could you imagine maintaining and/or restoring an older RV?

http://rvinsurancelive.com/pictures/old-rv.jpg

:)

Neil.

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