

| 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! :-) Eric Eric Wunrow Pictures 303. 988. 8717 VW@EricWunrow.com (for this list's emails) EW@EricWunrow.com (for private messages) 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 >
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