

| Subject: | Re: Friday Philosophy: On the nature of Repair |
| From: | Don Hanson |
| Date: | Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:15:11 -0800 |
Lotta times people buy a Vanagon but end up with a BarBQ instead. If they neglect to check on fuel lines, that is. Sorry, not Friday...but there is van content... On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > 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 >> >>
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