Regarding the 1%, it means different things to different groups.� Outlaw bikers are noted for wearing their own 1% patches, and then there is the more recent "upper 1%," so maybe we Vanagon owners can claim to be our own percentage for whatever reason we claim.� For example, the 1% whose digital clocks work or the 1% who�don't need their fuel lines replaced, or the 1% who have enough spare time to repair/camp/whatever, or...
�
Stephen

On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 12:12 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
  
� 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)
>