Date:         Tue, 15 May 2001 08:15:39 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>
Subject:      Re: Eurovans --help, comparison
Comments: To: "Horace K. Sawyer" <firestream@mindspring.com>
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First of all, subscribe to the Eurovan list, there is a link on
http://www.vanagon.com.

I went through this exercise last year and learned two things:  1) the
five cylinder engines are junk. If you buy one, expect an expensive
rebuild soon since most are now over 100,000 miles, and suffering from
piston slap.  2) The six cylinder models are very expensive, even used.

In another five years the first six cylinder models will be 10 years
old, and maybe then they will approach something close to reasonable
pricing.

I have two friends who bought new Eurovan Campers in 1999, and both
traded them in within a year.  The payments and service costs were too
much.

Stuart MacMillan
Seattle

'84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
'65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
'74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)

Personal mechanic for:
'70 MGB GT (Daughter's)

Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
'72 MGB GT (Was daughter's, now son's)
'64 MGB (Son's)

Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
'68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT