Comments on: All’s Well That Ends Well http://bodeswell.org/2009/09/25/alls-well-that-ends-well/ A family of three drives an old VW bus from San Francisco to Buenos Aires Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:21:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Boquete http://bodeswell.org/2009/09/25/alls-well-that-ends-well/comment-page-1/#comment-1428 Boquete Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:25:12 +0000 http://bodeswell.org/?p=1116#comment-1428 Thank you for the entertaining read! Alright playtime is over and back to school work. Thank you for the entertaining read! Alright playtime is over and back to school work.

]]> By: PDX http://bodeswell.org/2009/09/25/alls-well-that-ends-well/comment-page-1/#comment-994 PDX Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:54:44 +0000 http://bodeswell.org/?p=1116#comment-994 HELLO EVERYONE! WHO KNEW! I TRIED TO HELP PEOPLE BY POSTING ON CRAIGSLIST ABOUT HIM FEW TIMES. JOSEPH OR "KOLANI" ALMOST KILL ME 2 YEARS AGO. I PAID HIM TO DO MY BRAKES AND I GOT THE PARTS FOR HIM ALSO...I WAS SO GLAD TO GET TO KNOW JOSEPH AND I TOLD MYSELF HOW LUCKY I AM TO FINE SOMEONE THAT KNOWS ABOUT VW. ANYWAY I GAVE HIM MY PARTS FOR BRAKES AND CASH! HE START TALKING HOW GOOD HE IS AND HOW HE BRING DOWN MOTOR BY HIM SELF...BLAH BLAH SO I TOLD HIM THANK YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN EVER IS READY FOR ME TO PICK UP MY TOY. HE CALLED ME DAY AFTER, OK COME PICK UP YOUR CAR. OH WOW NICE I GO PICK UP MY CAR... OK TIME TO START MY CAR. YOU KNOW, DIDN'T SOUND LIKE MY CAR FOR SOME REASON BUT MAYBE IT'S JUST ME...ANYWAY I DRIVE ONE BLOCK CAR DIE ON ME...I WAS NOT VERY FAR AND I ASKED HIM CAN YOU HELP ME START THE CAR. WHEN I PICKED UP MY CAR ORGINALLY I DIDN'T LOOK UNDER MY HOOD BECAUSE I ONLY HAD MY BRAKES WORKED ON NOT MY ENGINE. HE CAME AND LOOKED UNDER MY HOOD AND STARTS PLAYING WITH MY CARB. I SAID TO HIM "HOLD ON THIS IS NOT MY CARB". AND WHY WOULD HE RUSH TO ADJUST MY CARB? I ONLY HAD MY BRAKES WORKED ON! IT WAS 2 DAYS BEFORE 4TH OF JULY 2 YEARS AGO I BARELY MADE IT HOME, THE CAR DIED AT EVERY LIGHT AND STOP SIGN. I CALLED HIM THE NEXT DAY. HE SAID OKAY BRING THE CAR BACK SOMEHOW AND I WILL FIX IT FOR YOU THE SAME OLD STORY HERE WE AGAIN! NO BRAKES, WEIRD SOUND FROM MY AXEL. I WAS GOING DOWNHILL AND I WAS HAPPY THAT CAR WAS GOING TO MAKE IT TO HIS SHOP... THEN MY LEFT REAR WHEEL WITH DRUM CAME OFF!! MY WHEEL WAS MOVING PAST ME FASTER THAN MY CAR! I HAD TO STOP THE CAR WITH MY EMERGENCY BRAKES! I ALMOST KILLED MYSELF AND OTHERS!! HE HAD TRIED TO STEAL MY AXEL BUT COULDN'T, THEN HE FORGOT TO PUT A SAFTY NUT BACK! HE NEVER FIXED MY BRAKES I NOTICED! HE ALMOST KILLED ME AND I WANTED TO KILL HIM! SO I KNOW I AM MISSING ROCKERS, MY GOOD CARB, MY AIR FILTER AND TRANSMISSION WASN'T MINE...HE DID ALL THIS IN ONE DAY FOR HIS OWN BENIFIT! MY CAR WAS WORTH 4000 WITH ALL THE GOODIES BUT I SOLD IT FOR 900 BECAUSE OF ALL THE DAMAGE HE DID! THERE IS ALOT MORE BUT I NEVER WENT BACK THERE AND KNEW I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE! I'M GLAD WE CAN ALL HELP EACH OTHER TO BRING DOWN A THEIF LIKE HIM!!! SORRY THIS HAPPENED TO YOU IN OREGON BUT NOT ALL OREGONIANS ARE BAD LIKE THIS GUY...THERE'S ALOT OF GOOD HERE! HELLO EVERYONE!
WHO KNEW!
I TRIED TO HELP PEOPLE BY POSTING ON CRAIGSLIST ABOUT HIM FEW TIMES.
JOSEPH OR “KOLANI” ALMOST KILL ME 2 YEARS AGO. I PAID HIM TO DO MY BRAKES AND I GOT THE PARTS FOR HIM ALSO…I WAS SO GLAD TO GET TO KNOW JOSEPH AND I TOLD MYSELF HOW LUCKY I AM TO FINE SOMEONE THAT KNOWS ABOUT VW.
ANYWAY I GAVE HIM MY PARTS FOR BRAKES AND CASH!
HE START TALKING HOW GOOD HE IS AND HOW HE BRING DOWN MOTOR BY HIM SELF…BLAH BLAH
SO I TOLD HIM THANK YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN EVER IS READY FOR ME TO PICK UP MY TOY.
HE CALLED ME DAY AFTER, OK COME PICK UP YOUR CAR.
OH WOW NICE I GO PICK UP MY CAR… OK TIME TO START MY CAR. YOU KNOW, DIDN’T SOUND LIKE MY CAR FOR SOME REASON BUT MAYBE IT’S JUST ME…ANYWAY I DRIVE ONE BLOCK CAR DIE ON ME…I WAS NOT VERY FAR AND I ASKED HIM CAN YOU HELP ME START THE CAR. WHEN I PICKED UP MY CAR ORGINALLY I DIDN’T LOOK UNDER MY HOOD BECAUSE I ONLY HAD MY BRAKES WORKED ON NOT MY ENGINE. HE CAME AND LOOKED UNDER MY HOOD AND STARTS PLAYING WITH MY CARB. I SAID TO HIM “HOLD ON THIS IS NOT MY CARB”. AND WHY WOULD HE RUSH TO ADJUST MY CARB? I ONLY HAD MY BRAKES WORKED ON!
IT WAS 2 DAYS BEFORE 4TH OF JULY 2 YEARS AGO
I BARELY MADE IT HOME, THE CAR DIED AT EVERY LIGHT AND STOP SIGN.
I CALLED HIM THE NEXT DAY.
HE SAID OKAY BRING THE CAR BACK SOMEHOW AND I WILL FIX IT FOR YOU
THE SAME OLD STORY HERE WE AGAIN!
NO BRAKES, WEIRD SOUND FROM MY AXEL.
I WAS GOING DOWNHILL AND I WAS HAPPY THAT CAR WAS GOING TO MAKE IT TO HIS SHOP… THEN MY LEFT REAR WHEEL WITH DRUM CAME OFF!! MY WHEEL WAS MOVING PAST ME FASTER THAN MY CAR!
I HAD TO STOP THE CAR WITH MY EMERGENCY BRAKES! I ALMOST KILLED MYSELF AND OTHERS!!
HE HAD TRIED TO STEAL MY AXEL BUT COULDN’T, THEN HE FORGOT TO PUT A SAFTY NUT BACK! HE NEVER FIXED MY BRAKES I NOTICED!
HE ALMOST KILLED ME AND I WANTED TO KILL HIM!
SO I KNOW I AM MISSING ROCKERS, MY GOOD CARB, MY AIR FILTER AND TRANSMISSION WASN’T MINE…HE DID ALL THIS IN ONE DAY FOR HIS OWN BENIFIT!
MY CAR WAS WORTH 4000 WITH ALL THE GOODIES BUT I SOLD IT FOR 900 BECAUSE OF ALL THE DAMAGE HE DID!
THERE IS ALOT MORE BUT I NEVER WENT BACK THERE AND KNEW I WASN’T THE ONLY ONE!
I’M GLAD WE CAN ALL HELP EACH OTHER TO BRING DOWN A THEIF LIKE HIM!!!
SORRY THIS HAPPENED TO YOU IN OREGON BUT NOT ALL OREGONIANS ARE BAD LIKE THIS GUY…THERE’S ALOT OF GOOD HERE!

]]> By: Shawn http://bodeswell.org/2009/09/25/alls-well-that-ends-well/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Shawn Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:48:57 +0000 http://bodeswell.org/?p=1116#comment-354 Glad to see you & the fam are back on the road! Glad to see you & the fam are back on the road!

]]> By: julie http://bodeswell.org/2009/09/25/alls-well-that-ends-well/comment-page-1/#comment-352 julie Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:41:43 +0000 http://bodeswell.org/?p=1116#comment-352 19 comments and not one haiku?? here you go: 3 cats on leashes no mahalo in portland but the hair looks good! xo 19 comments and not one haiku?? here you go:

3 cats on leashes
no mahalo in portland
but the hair looks good!

xo

]]> By: Taylor http://bodeswell.org/2009/09/25/alls-well-that-ends-well/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Taylor Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:32:06 +0000 http://bodeswell.org/?p=1116#comment-350 Bummer, dude! That really sucks and I'm not the angry type, either, but I'd have gone for the bat. Cricket bat, if they'd had one...you know, for style. Anyway, I think you ought to give out some props for the shop who said they'd teach you for free. That, too, is karmic! Bummer, dude! That really sucks and I’m not the angry type, either, but I’d have gone for the bat. Cricket bat, if they’d had one…you know, for style.

Anyway, I think you ought to give out some props for the shop who said they’d teach you for free. That, too, is karmic!

]]> By: Tyler http://bodeswell.org/2009/09/25/alls-well-that-ends-well/comment-page-1/#comment-349 Tyler Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:21:14 +0000 http://bodeswell.org/?p=1116#comment-349 amazing story..but a happy ending, expensive, but happy. I remember reading about this"hawwain guy" before. did know he was in portland, now I know. amazing story..but a happy ending, expensive, but happy.
I remember reading about this”hawwain guy” before. did know he was in portland, now I know.

]]> By: angela http://bodeswell.org/2009/09/25/alls-well-that-ends-well/comment-page-1/#comment-348 angela Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:44:03 +0000 http://bodeswell.org/?p=1116#comment-348 In an ideal world we would have seen this mess all the way through. Fortunately, this guy didn't get any of our money. He does have our old engine, and potentially we could get it back. But, what would we do with an old engine? We live in a camper van, and we have to get out of Portland. In reality, this bus is our home, and Jason's priority was getting it running for us. Without an engine, we were completely reliant on the kindness of others. We couldn't even get to a store w/o bumming a ride. We'll do what we can online, but we must move on. And speaking of, we stopped to give a guy a jump and gas today. 1/100th of our car karma debt. Go Jas! thanks for the new engine. In an ideal world we would have seen this mess all the way through. Fortunately, this guy didn’t get any of our money. He does have our old engine, and potentially we could get it back. But, what would we do with an old engine? We live in a camper van, and we have to get out of Portland.

In reality, this bus is our home, and Jason’s priority was getting it running for us. Without an engine, we were completely reliant on the kindness of others. We couldn’t even get to a store w/o bumming a ride.

We’ll do what we can online, but we must move on. And speaking of, we stopped to give a guy a jump and gas today. 1/100th of our car karma debt. Go Jas! thanks for the new engine.

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