Date:         Tue, 25 Jan 2000 19:19:01 -0500
Reply-To:     Scarlet Semko <damosem@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scarlet Semko <damosem@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject:      Re: Many Miles Driven, Not so Many Problems
Comments: To: ÇÑ»ó Tim Crooks <anc1cde@ADELPHIA.NET>
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I'm a member of this club, 270,000 + miles, original engine, original
tranny. Like you a soft rebuild of the tranny and I was told the heads were
redone before I bought it 4 years ago. I have put over 100,000 miles on it
and my biggest problem is the exhaust system. I was hanging on for the
"stainless" system that was coming, but guess it isn't, so it looks like
I'll be putting another stock system on.

I agree, it's one of the best vehicles this old pilot has ever had.

Ron Semko
Orlando, Florida

ÇÑ»ó Tim Crooks wrote:

> Yesterday I looked at my odometer and realized I missed an important
> event in the history of my Vanagon.  It now passed the 250,000 mile
> mark, original engine, original tranny (but with a soft rebuild
> inside).  Let's hear from anyone else out there, 250,000 miles plus,
> with original "hardware!!"  The only major work I ever had done on mine
> was a tranny soft rebuild in 1998 and new head gaskets in 1996.  Nothing
> else big.  When I bought my van new, I was looking at the Ford Aerostar
> and the Dodge "Care Bear" vans.  It is clear I made the right choice,
> those others would be rust fodder in some bone-yard today.  It is true,
> "Few things work as well as a Volkswagen!!!!
>
> --
> ¼ö°í Çϼ¼¿ä, (Work hard, but don't kill yourself at it) [Korean Proverb]
>
> Tim