> Rent...Rent...Rent.....
>
> I ran the numbers for the number of events that I
> would do in a good year (4 events). The rental
> cost of a van was less than the annual cost of
> ownership of a van (taxes, registration,
> insurance, oil changes).
>
> Bonus....you always get something newish.
> you never have to do any maintenance on it.
> you don't have to figure out where to store it the
> rest of the time.
> you can change your vehicle selection to fit the
> needs of the specific event.

Nice thing about buying is that you don't have to pack and unpack all the time. That is worth an afternoon of time before and after each event.

NoCoast Wrote:
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> I list tow vehicles as the one thing I hate most.
> They're expensive to own, maintain, insure, etc.

All true, but I'd argue that having a well supplied tow-vehicle will also help you save money on DNFs because you didn't have the right shit to fix your busted up rally car.

krisdahl Wrote:
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> All true, but I'd argue that having a well
> supplied tow-vehicle will also help you save money
> on DNFs because you didn't have the right shit to
> fix your busted up rally car.

I've always had a well supplied tow vehicle when we borrowed vehicles to use. Packing and unpacking has never taken more than an hour, but I'm a pretty decently organized person.

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Grant Hughes

alkun Wrote:
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> heymagic Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If I see any of you show up in a mini van
> I'll
> > lose your tech sheet and burn your logbook!!
>
>
> What if I show up and ask for a log book for my
> new minirallyvan?
>
>

My first thought is I'd slap you silly, but it occurred to me it's prolly to late for that...

Whoa...I just had a serious mid 90's Canadian Rally montage flashback...

I wonder what Jay and Silent Vlad are up to these days???

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She's screamn' fer eet!
Rallyho
Mike White
http://www.facebook.com/rallyhomotorsports

hoche Wrote:
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> And the thing everyone fails to mention is that
> Randy's tow Impreza isn't exactly stock. Nor is it
> particularly wise, towing 4000' behind 3000' on a
> ballhitch.
>
> Macho, yes. Possible, yes. Smart? Not really.
>
>

Yes, the Impreza is not stock.
But if it were in an '06 body instead of the '94,
other than the stock Outback rear struts and bump stops, it is.
#1 was a '94 Legacy 2.2 wagon w/189K that went Buffalo to Chattanooga 3X, Minn., a round trip to Rim and OTR, making a total of about 25 events over 2 years with only a puck clutch disk and the strut change.
#2 was a '97 2.5 GT with enough torque that didn't need the disk.
#3 is the '94 with '06 everything else.
The only hitch failure was last year when the hitch ripped at a break.
The car bodies have held up fine.

Is it smart to go flat out through the woods on gravel and mud, over jumps and through creeks with logs piled on both sides and cliffs and huge rocks everywhere?
At least I am consistent.
To compensate, when not towing, I drive a smart.

So what did the bank buy you?

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Ted Mendham
www.rensport.net

...nothing yet. So far I've talked myself out of everything I've looked at....

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She's screamn' fer eet!
Rallyho
Mike White
http://www.facebook.com/rallyhomotorsports

Rallyho Wrote:
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> ...nothing yet. So far I've talked myself out of
> everything I've looked at....
>
> She's screamn' fer eet!
> Rallyho
> Mike White


89,000 miles and a full tow package and LSD......
It's blue....

I'd even let you make some payments.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

Ted and I have sent him more Craigslist links than Craig himself can find.

Mike just wants a nice box fan for $2,500, but that's not going to happen...

Take some Limbaugh Skittles, drag a camera outside and post pictures of your 'Burban!

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Andrew Steere
Lyndeborough, NH
KB1PJY

fiasco Wrote:
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> Ted and I have sent him more Craigslist links than
> Craig himself can find.
>
> Mike just wants a nice box fan for $2,500, but
> that's not going to happen...
>
> Take some Limbaugh Skittles, drag a camera outside
> and post pictures of your 'Burban!

fawk man it's light metallic blue and it's perfectly straight and looks remarkably like any other Sub-urb-an
If I take some piccies then i gotta dowwload, then upload then post and really i have no idea at all if Mike is even thinking about this...

And i have to take piccies of the Soooooper Bitchin diff mounting kits that just came back from cad plating.....

Maybe i can but......
>
>
>
> Andrew Steere
> Lyndeborough, NH
> KB1PJY

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

Yeah, it's a pain, but if you're REEEEAAAAALLLLYYY looking to unload this thing, you should have some pictures and an asking price ready to go for anybody.

Then again, if the quacks with Rush Skittles said stay on your tail, then do that, man!!!

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Andrew Steere
Lyndeborough, NH
KB1PJY

fiasco Wrote:
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> Yeah, it's a pain, but if you're
> REEEEAAAAALLLLYYY looking to unload this thing,
> you should have some pictures and an asking price
> ready to go for anybody.
>

Course I'm trying to reaaaaaaaaaaally unload it but as I said, is Mike actually thinking of this?

Maybe Al Kun....
Or the New and Improved Dave Clark...

Took a piccie, let's see how long to fawk with it to post it....

> Then again, if the quacks with Rush Skittles said
> stay on your tail, then do that, man!!!
>
> Andrew Steere
> Lyndeborough, NH
> KB1PJY

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

Allright....
anybody know what's happening at Photobucket to upload?

has something suddenly changed?

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

Just tested my account, logged in and works fine. If you're having trouble, email it to me and I'll host...andrewsteere tds net

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Andrew Steere
Lyndeborough, NH
KB1PJY