Comments on: Selling The Van http://randomcow.wordpress.com How I did it in Japan, and my adventures Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:45:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: randomcow http://randomcow.wordpress.com/selling-the-van/#comment-5 randomcow Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:51:12 +0000 http://randomcow.wordpress.com/selling-the-van/#comment-5 ***** SOLD! ***** ***** SOLD! ***** ***** SOLD! ***** Congratulations to the proud new owner! As sad as I am to say goodbye I'm sure that the Bongo has a lot of adventures left in her yet. Thanks to everyone who has helped me along the way. In no particular order.... Dachi and Hound - you guys made me realise that is was actually possible to do. You gave me hard figures of how much it would cost, which let me determine that yes, indeed living in a van in Japan is completely viable. The cheering squad - I've had people cheering and supporting me along the entire journey. I've got so many "omamori"s hanging up in the van that at times it was hard to see the road in front of me. All the people cheering me on, especially from YD (in particular KV), and a certain "RT" from Takayama, made it so that I felt that I wasn't allowed to fail. I'd be letting too many people down. This was a good thing! The YDs and everyone who showed me a good time when I came to visit, or put me up. The list is huge, but (and this is limiting it to since I started the journey in Japan - there were many more people whose couches and spare rooms I have taken advantage of over the last 18 months) off the top of my head: Dachi, 503, Theo, the Fuji Shithawks, Twist, Pint, Tokyobloke, Orgasmo, everyone in osaka who made the effort to meet me (don't make me list you all - I'll start to cry), plus many more people who offered a place but I didn't manage to make it to their place for some reason. Big thanks to Zeph, for emergency car parking space, plus advertising space on his website (http://www.japanichiban.com/ - check out the Friend Finder! Very good... erm... "strike rate" from what I hear). Big thanks to Tony from Central Motors Nagoya (http://www.centralmotor.net/). Tony and the gang at Central helped me through the entire process of buying through auction. This guy knows the Japanese second-hand car inside out, so if you're thinking of buying a second hand car and getting registered here in Japan, or you want to find something and get it sent to you back home, Tony is your man. I'll be enlisting his help when I get back home and am looking to kick off my midlife-crisis or post-divorce-crisis with a Japanese performance sports car. tony@centralmotor.net Also, thanks to the gentleman who bought the Bongo for being the kind of guy I actually *wanted* to sell to. I sincerely hope you have a fantastic adventure I'm getting all teary so I'd better end it here. RC ***** SOLD! ***** ***** SOLD! ***** ***** SOLD! *****

Congratulations to the proud new owner! As sad as I am to say goodbye I’m sure that the Bongo has a lot of adventures left in her yet.

Thanks to everyone who has helped me along the way. In no particular order….

Dachi and Hound – you guys made me realise that is was actually possible to do. You gave me hard figures of how much it would cost, which let me determine that yes, indeed living in a van in Japan is completely viable.

The cheering squad – I’ve had people cheering and supporting me along the entire journey. I’ve got so many “omamori”s hanging up in the van that at times it was hard to see the road in front of me. All the people cheering me on, especially from YD (in particular KV), and a certain “RT” from Takayama, made it so that I felt that I wasn’t allowed to fail. I’d be letting too many people down. This was a good thing!

The YDs and everyone who showed me a good time when I came to visit, or put me up. The list is huge, but (and this is limiting it to since I started the journey in Japan – there were many more people whose couches and spare rooms I have taken advantage of over the last 18 months) off the top of my head: Dachi, 503, Theo, the Fuji Shithawks, Twist, Pint, Tokyobloke, Orgasmo, everyone in osaka who made the effort to meet me (don’t make me list you all – I’ll start to cry), plus many more people who offered a place but I didn’t manage to make it to their place for some reason.

Big thanks to Zeph, for emergency car parking space, plus advertising space on his website (http://www.japanichiban.com/ – check out the Friend Finder! Very good… erm… “strike rate” from what I hear).

Big thanks to Tony from Central Motors Nagoya (http://www.centralmotor.net/). Tony and the gang at Central helped me through the entire process of buying through auction. This guy knows the Japanese second-hand car inside out, so if you’re thinking of buying a second hand car and getting registered here in Japan, or you want to find something and get it sent to you back home, Tony is your man. I’ll be enlisting his help when I get back home and am looking to kick off my midlife-crisis or post-divorce-crisis with a Japanese performance sports car. tony@centralmotor.net

Also, thanks to the gentleman who bought the Bongo for being the kind of guy I actually *wanted* to sell to. I sincerely hope you have a fantastic adventure

I’m getting all teary so I’d better end it here.

RC

]]> By: AL http://randomcow.wordpress.com/selling-the-van/#comment-3 AL Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:39:08 +0000 http://randomcow.wordpress.com/selling-the-van/#comment-3 hi, is the vehicle still available. interested! hi, is the vehicle still available. interested!

]]> By: randomcow http://randomcow.wordpress.com/selling-the-van/#comment-2 randomcow Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:05:45 +0000 http://randomcow.wordpress.com/selling-the-van/#comment-2 A gentleman asked me a good question the other day: Q: Where is the car registered? A: Hida, Gifu-ken. This may become important depending on your situation. RC A gentleman asked me a good question the other day:

Q: Where is the car registered?

A: Hida, Gifu-ken.

This may become important depending on your situation.

RC

]]> By: randomcow http://randomcow.wordpress.com/selling-the-van/#comment-1 randomcow Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:27:38 +0000 http://randomcow.wordpress.com/selling-the-van/#comment-1 Oh - I should mention that the tatami seat covers aren't in very good shape any more, so you probably won't want them. I included the pic to give you an idea as to what it's like in the cab, plus also to let you know that I was taking care of the car. RC Oh – I should mention that the tatami seat covers aren’t in very good shape any more, so you probably won’t want them. I included the pic to give you an idea as to what it’s like in the cab, plus also to let you know that I was taking care of the car.

RC

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