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Subject:woe is me
From:HERMANN DE BOER
Date:Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:58:44 -0500

I am in shock!!!!!
Just got of the phone with my mechanic:

new clutch @ 400$
new front wheel bearings @?$
new hand brake cable @ ? $ (ripped them myself, I have a sloped driveway)

I bought my 87 GL Westy five years ago for 5000$ with 185 000 miles. Now I
am at 270 000 miles. I have replaced almost everything (except the
transmission). Don't even know how much I have spent on this vehicle. Will
it ever end???
Please tell me that driving an old camper is cheaper than buying a new
Eurovan Camper!!!!! I need some moral support here guys/and
ladies!!!!!!!!!!!
When I put the 2.ol conversion in I swore that nothing would ever separate
me and my Westy, and that I would be driving the van for the next 20 years.
Is there such a thing as a Anonymous Westy Owner meeting in the Midwest
where I can burn my mechanic's bills and chant Westy songs??? Cheers,
Hermann de Boer 87 Westy GL (the money pit)

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