No no....My 1% comment was meant to refer to the people who buy those
$80k restorations of Westies.   Like Tom Hanks, et al...   I think that
type of purchaser is one of the economic factors driving the elevated worth
of the Wesfalia (see, I spelled it right this time) campers)  "If you have
to ask the price, you can't afford one"?   A lot of people don't really
give much thought to $80k being spent on a vehicle...They think Westies are
cool and they just buy em without really looking....but like Hanks
discovered, I think, they are still sometimes going to give problems no
matter what you paid....

   I like the vanagon better without the whole Westie package.  Mine has
the kitchen and the water tank but not the top or the rear cabinets and I
find that suits me a lot better than a full Westie...but of course, mine is
worth much much less, not being genuine Westfalia....but...... mine has 5
forward gears, so there!  One up on ya.

On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 8:08 PM, WILLIAM WITZ <pbwitz@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Wow I  had no idea that I was in the 1%. Maybe my check is in the mail.
> Maybe it is just a day late and a couple of dollars short. No matter, I
> still have my 29 year old westy to drive and repair as need be. All in all
> I am basking in my
> reverie now that I have four forward gears and reverse.
> Bill Witz 84 Westy (where the water storage is even lower than Oregon)
>