The first thing I thought about when I saw this topic was cost and young
peoples' pockets maybe not being as deep as some of the older set.

As I'm now 35 and have no kids or heavy debt, my '87 GL is one of my only
luxuries aside from my surfboard buying problem.

With Westfalia selling prices as they are, any kid with less than 10k in
their pocket can count themselves out of the camper game it seems.  Unless
you want to go air cooled.

With the on-demand world we seem to live in now, I'm sure patience (or lack
there of) could be factored into this too.

Andrew
'87 GL

---- Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> So, now that we've established that share the same demographic attributes
> with collectors of Lawrence Welk 78s, you have to wonder WHY.
>
> Did we catch the bus fever at the right age, when there was only one bus
to
> guide us?
>
> Did we come into our affluent car-buying years when Vanagons were new
> enough to even think about driving them without repairing them?
>
> Is it to hell with fashion?
>
> Is it a passion for utility?
>
> Is it fooling with stuff as anachronistic as we are?
>
> Does Vanagon ownership take getting over a lot of other stuff (British
> cars, for me) first?
>
> Does Vanagon ownership require the kind of patience that is the only
reward
> for old age?
>
> Did we get tired of just driving around fast and thinking that was fun?
>
> There must be a reason we are keeping these things alive... if it isn't
the
> other way around.
>
> Jim