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Subject:Re: '91 westfalia 2000 bucks in Louisiana on Craigslist...
From:thewestyman
Date:Wed, 4 Jun 2014 01:29:05 -0700

He says, it's sold.
Zoltan

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:30 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: '91 westfalia 2000 bucks in Louisiana on Craigslist...

Alright folks. Time to take this out in the yard. Whist we can see the point
in each other's side, we don't want a skirmish in our collective livingroom.
Please feel free to continue this discussion via pmail, should you choose to
continue.

Regards,

BenT
Mod

> On Jun 3, 2014, at 8:18 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
>
> Jordan, what gives you the privilege to insult me?  The vehicle sounds
> like a piece of junk to me.  That judgement is based on the seller's
> description.  Anyone who thinks this vehicle is not rusted is befuddled,
> given the location (LaFayette, LA) 20 miles from the Gulf of Mexico where
> beach driving and camping are ordinary activities.  It has been sitting in
> a field for "a few years."  It is likely to have rodents nests all through
> it, wiring gnawed up.  Tires don't stay ok on the ground for "a few years"
> in Louisiana.  There is a good chance that any vehicle parked like that in
> southern Louisiana has been flooded.
>
> But, call up the seller and shoot a check his way if you want to.
>
> ---- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>> In a message dated 6/3/2014 10:16:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> mcneely4@cox.net writes:
>>
>> Sounds  like a piece of junk to me.  So, what is it worth, Jordan?  Now,
>> before the thousands of dollars of rebuilding are done?   mcneely
>>
>> somehow this is a fitting response from you, mcneely king of the
>> naysayers.
>>
>> so just because a van is cheap, and has a few broken vent windows and
>> dents and has been sitting for a while, i guess  in your mind makes it a
>> piece
>> of  junk.
>>
>> there are two ways to buy westys.
>>
>> you either buy them cheap, , get a good deal and fix them up at your
>> leisure and when your finances allow, and have the satisfaction of doing
>> the job
>> yourself, and know its done right...  or you lay gobs of money down on  a
>> overpriced GoWe$ty special , with everything already done ...  honestly..
>> most of us here on this list are not independently wealthy..
>>
>> so finding a late model westy such as this one and putting some elbow
>> grease into it would be the way to go IMO.
>
> --
> David McNeely

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