Yes, there is something very "Stephen King" or "Rod Serling" about the
vanagon/owner relationship.....

Steven
91 Westy

On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 3:23 PM, bernie <1234bjs@gmail.com> wrote:

> Had mine sold to a couple who looked at mine about 4 years ago. They said
> yes to full price. I apologized but said I needed a night to come to terms
> with this and fully consider to part with Grumps. I phoned them later that
> night and said "I'm so sorry but I can't do this".
> It just felt so wrong.
> Grumps and I have put on many miles since then.
> He wasn't happy that I even considered it and it was touch and go for
> awhile there.
> I'm a lifer. Not everybody is but I am.
> Having said that last month was almost the end of the road for this
> cowboy. I was at a VW campout at Maple Valley WA. I walked into town and
> approached traffic lights and pressed for walk button. As I pressed the
> walk button I had the strangest sensation of disorientation.
> Felt like something out of sync and a strange sense of unease. Something
> felt very wrong but I did not know what.
> The light changed to walk.
> I hesitated and looked for traffic turning left.
> They was none however I preceded more slowly than I usually would.
> I took two steps and would never have taken a third. A woman in a half ton
> truck turned toward me at a high rate of speed. I caught sight at last
> second and backed away. I was shaken and had to return to light to compose
> myself. I would have left that campout in a box had she hit me. Sometimes
> the sixth sense or whatever you want to call is a lifesaver. It was for me.
>
> I digress from the issue at hand Grumps and I have so much shared
> experience that to consider a parting of the ways is not thinkable. That
> day will come and with my 70th birthday this year it has to be getting
> closer.
> However I think he keeps me younger and I try to keep him in best shape
> possible. We are in it together. As one bus pilot shared with me "my bus
> will see me out".
>
>
> Bernie
> Vancouver
>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It's a slippery slope.  First a VW bug, then a camper, now a Sprinter?
>> What next?
>> A class A?   The trend is not good....
>>
>> Enjoy your Sprinter,
>>
>> Steven
>> 91 Westy
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 10:45 PM, . <killer.jupiter@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hell... Vanagon California.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: "Jim Arnott" <jrasite@EONI.COM>
>> > Sent: ‎8/‎21/‎2016 7:40 PM
>> > To: "vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM" <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> > Subject: Re: Sad Day
>> >
>> > Somebody has to say it:
>> >
>> > You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
>> >
>> > > On Aug 21, 2016, at 12:00 PM, Tim Mc Dermott <h2oboxer@VERIZON.NET>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Today is a sad day in my household. I just sold my Vanagon, which I
>> have
>> > owned for 9 years to a very nice gentleman from Ohio. He came all the
>> way
>> > to Long Island to pick it up. I hope that he gets it back on the road
>> and
>> > enjoys the heck out of it.
>> > > Last year I sold my other Vanagon that I owned since 1994.
>> > Unfortunately, that vehicle was Beyond repair, in my estimation, but
>> > someday that too may see new life.
>> > > So it is the first time since 1975 when I owned my first Beetle, a
>> Baja
>> > Bug, that there has not been a VW in the McDermott household.
>> > > I recently purchased a Sprinter that , I hope, will bring as much joy
>> > and travels around our land as my beloved VW's had.
>> > >
>> > > I have been on the Vanagon list since almost the beginning, but not as
>> > vocal as most.
>> > > Thanks to you all for you encouragement and words of wisdom.
>> > >
>> > > Hope to see some of you out on the road.
>> > >
>> > > Tim and Carol McDermott
>> >
>>
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