Good ol' "Bad Larry" has 175k with rebuilt heads at some point...and still running like a champ! hopefully won't need a rebuild till i can afford one of those subaru conversions or perhaps an audi or porche engine...something faster!!! vrooom vrooom!!! Go Larry Go Go...Larry be Badddd!
--- Sebastian Hill <sahill@QUALCOMM.COM> wrote: > At 11:01 PM 11/8/01 -0800, Joel Sell wrote: > > > I'm also wondering how many people are on > this list with more than > > 200K on > >their vanagons. Sure, you hear secondhand stories > about VWs that live > >forever, but I would like to talk with actual > people who have had this > >phenomenon occur to them. > > My '87 wolfsburg has 187K on the original motor > (heads replaced at 124k) > and is still running strong. Burns a bit of oil, > about a quart every 1500 > miles or so... It should make 200k, but its going > to be replaced/rebuilt > shortly after that... > > my two cents. > -Sebastian Hill
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