

| Subject: | Re: why I discourage people from buying vanagons |
| From: | Scott - IMAP |
| Date: | Sat, 2 Jul 2016 20:39:27 -0700 |
Hey Eric, thanks for making me chuckle. Hey ! ..if Anyone complains or thinks their at some disadvantage Vanagon tech-wise, we can just say .. we have one member who can't even see and he manages to cope with it all just fine ! On 7/2/2016 8:10 PM, Eric Wunrow wrote: > 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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