van of woe

i have this 85 vanagon, the picture is at the bottom. great van, been the best for the last 5 years. but all of a sudden in the last 2 months it was fallen to peices faster than the side of a mountian in the crowsnest pass. Here's a list since january. In order.tires needed to be replaced, metal bands broke on on side. tail pipe fell off, then muffler split in half. Gas pedal mount broke. clutch slave cylinder leak. Then clutch master cylinder. Then Brake master cylinder. then left side front brake caliper. while on the jack, the van slipped backwards, the drivers door was open and fell onto another car, my door destroyed the passenger door of the other car. no damage to the van door though... the insturment cluster doesn't work. the other day the van just died. no spark. probably the coil. plugs fouled. also need a new distributor, plugs and wires. At least! not sure what else. all this work has been fixed by myslef so far. and if your on the westcoast you know the type of winter we've had. And i've spent much of it under my van, in the dark, in the rain, snow and freezing cold trying to justify to myself the deal i'm getting by not having to pay outrageous insurance rates or a monthly car payment. Although it begining to seem like a nice comfortable alternative....