Date:         Sun, 16 Jul 2000 14:36:24 -0000
Reply-To:     Pat Dooley <pdooley@gte.net>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Pat Dooley <pdooley@gte.net>
Subject:      Re: Gotta Be a Wasserboxer!
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HAHA.
I'm sure these words of wisdom are coming from a man who has owned and
driven and properly maintained all of them.

Take your VW goggles off and look around.
Hundreds of GMs and Fords are in the junkyard because most people have the
disposable car attitude.  Abuse the hell out of it and throw it away when it
breaks.

I have owned, operated and maintained over a dozen vw's and have an
excellent idea how they stack up to Ford "junk".  My 200 six cylinder 68
Mustang went 286,000 miles without ever having the head off.  I sold it to a
friend and he is still driving it to this day.
Sure, you can say your WB will go 300k, and maybe it will with meticulous
maintenance and proper driving techniques.
Fact is, I beat the hell outta that Mustang and ran water in the radiator.(I
was a kid back then)

My friend in Cali has over a hundred passes on his 400hp 2.3T pinto.  It's a
high ten second car.  I could go on for hours, but I think you have the idea
by now.

Please don't call anything junk unless you have the data points to back it
up.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CTONLINE@webtv.net [mailto:CTONLINE@webtv.net]
> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 6:17 PM
> To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Cc: pdooley@gte.net
> Subject: Re: Gotta Be a Wasserboxer!
>
>
> Pat,
> You know why there are so many parts available, in the Junk yard, for
> the, Faimonts, Mustang's,& Pinto's?
> That's right, They are junk!
> Let the dead rest!
>
> Terry
>
>