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Subject:Re: why I discourage people from buying vanagons
From:Eric Wunrow
Date:Sat, 2 Jul 2016 20:10:24 -0700

Thatta Boy, Scott!

Considering we're full-timers..
newish to our '84�
and love it to death�
those other guys were bumming me out, Man! :-)

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On Jul 2, 2016, at 2:25 PM, Scott - IMAP <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:

> I never discourage people from owning Vanagons ..
> 
> I just tell them they take SPECIAL CARE AND UNDERSTANDING ..
> that they are not like a old, say, Toyota that will run forever with
> hardly any repairs..
> 
> I also ask if they have ever owned a VW of any kind.
> Some VW background helps for sure.
> 
> Fortunately older VW's are pretty conducive to owner-repair and
> maintenance.
> 
> On 7/2/2016 6:59 AM, Edward Maglott wrote:
>> Dennis says:  "One thing you will find as a new Vanagon owner is that most
>> regular shops are not equipped or willing to bother with vehicles of this
>> vintage, never mind the Vanagon with its idiosyncrasies."
>> 
>> worse yet are those shops that don't know what they are doing but try to
>> work on the Vanagon anyway, causing much more damage than good.
>> 
>> Edward
>