About  the BBQ grill wastefullness...
most of my vanagons cost less to acqure than what a semi-fancy BBQ grill
costs new!

but those people will never be clever enough, or worthy of vanagon
ownwershipeither.

On 1/18/2013 4:46 PM, Joe T. wrote:
> I think that Vanagons are starting to become like the 1950's American cars
> that the Cubans are even still continuing to fix and use.  Creativity,
> ambition, and mechanical skills go a long way.  Just another reason why
> making old stuff continue to work is better in so many ways than giving up
> and buying new stuff.
>
> I get especially disgusted when I see perfectly good BBQ grills out for
> garbage pickup, when I've rebuilt my trusty Kenmore gas grill twice in
> thirteen years and it still makes a badass steak....
>
> Cheers,
> Joe T.
> Denver
> '85 Wolfsburg Westy Subie 2.2
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>       I'm guessing we only have a few more years of being "Vanagon Fixers"
>> before they become too valuable as collector's vehicles to be used and
>> broken, then repaired....except by the Silver Spoon set.   Oh, there will
>> be the odd 'deal' vanagon left around, but they'll probably become valuable
>> and too "good" to drive everyday.    Or, they'll be legislated off the road
>> somehow...
>>
>
>
> --
> Joe T.
> '85 Wolfsburg Westy Subie 2.2
>