As a new vanagon owner I appreciate having the list vendors on this list and
I don't mind them advertising their products since those types of posts only
make up a small portion of the messages I have seen.  On more than one
occasion I have had a "list vendor" personally respond to a question that I
made and I have never had any one of them offer to make available or try to
suggest that I get a particular part from them.  It's also nice knowing that
there is someone to contact if I need a part other than those high-priced VW
dealers.

My 2 cents worth,

Steve

1989 Westy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Richard Dunsheath
> Sent: Friday, January 08, 1999 10:52 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: List Vendors, Ken Flaming
>
>
> At 11:04 AM 1/1/99 -0700, Kent Christensen wrote:
> >IMHO this list is over the top as regards commercial
> >advertising.
> >
> >BTW (and this may be of limited relevance) I also monitor 3
>
> >BMW motorcycle lists, and Land Rover, Volvo and Mercedes
> >ists, and NONE of them have anything like Ken and Ron .
>
> Given the fact that Vanagons are a pain in the neck with
> always needing something fixed and the cost of parts from
> dealers, thank goodness for list vendors.
>
> If not for the list information and the list venders, I
> would have sold my vanagons and bought a Ford or Chevy Van a
>
> long time ago.
>
> Perhaps the BMW, Land Rover, Volvo, Mercedes don't break
> down as often as Vanagons or maybe the people that own them
> don't care how much it costs to keep them running.  In
> general, the folks that own VWs seem to be a thrifty lot.
> Any one on the other lists describing how you can fix rotted
>
> heads with JB Weld for instance?
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Rich
>