A close friend of mine (40s, instructor) is planning to move from
Albuquerque NM this summer to Washington DC to help me out with something.

He wants to drive somebody' van from Albuquerque to Washington DC
from Albuquerque.

Another option is that somebody wants to drive a van from Washington
DC to New Mexico. If so, they could drive one of my vans there and
then John can drive that van back east with his stuff.

So, we are looking for somebody that wants to drive one of my vans
from Washington DC to Albuquerque, or who wants to have their van
driven to Washington DC.

I suppose we could also buy somebody's van, but John does not plan to
keep it, so it would probably need to be a bit of a beater, but
reliable mechanically.

I noticed that somebody's van was in an accident recently and was
totaled. So, I was thinking that if that van would run, maybe John
could drive that one here and then park it in the junk yard.

He told me that he noticed that there was an 80 there, but I told him
that this year was not the first year that I would put on a list of
vehicles that were known to me to be reliable, and that moreover, the
word of a knowledgeable list member on reliability of a vehicle
probably meant more than any particular year anyway.

I also told him to run, don't walk, away from a Vanagon entirely if
he really wanted to make it to DC, but I told him I would check these
things with the list.

All is fine with me here in DC. Still too swamped to be with all my
van pals emailing a lot until the fall. I'll be finished with Beijing
in the fall.

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Derek Drew
Founder, ConsumerSearch.com
Washington DC / Beijing / New York
derekdrew@derekmail.com
202-966-7907
(cell) 703-408-1532