Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (March 2002, week 4)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:37:14 -0700
Reply-To:     jbrush@AROS.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Brush <jbrush@AROS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Using American engines for Vanagon swap - why the heck not? -
              Long
Comments: To: Walter Evens <wrevens@MYEXCEL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <004201c1d1dd$f61a9780$b4003e04@vz.dsl.genuity.net>

>a car and had to have something quick. Besides the guy at the Bone Yard >told me most Vanagon owners have a second more reliable vehicle. He >drives a T-Bird to work.

One man's opinion. :(

>tired of worrying about making it home if I drove it somewhere. Every >time I fixed one problem some other problem would develop. <snip> >front of my house waiting for me to fix it (the weather has been cold and >windy here in So Cal, believe it or not).

>I have been on this list for about a month and a half. I have read posts >from people with similar problems, fix it and then something else breaks. >People taking a trip (or even afraid to take a trip) and then complaining >about some sort of mechanical problem they encountered on the way home or >sometimes barely making it home. People stuck in places like Northern >California or Texas because their Vanagons broke down.

Walter,

This list is here to help people who have problems. You won't find too many postings from people without troubles. There are countless numbers of Vanagons out here running like the proverbial clock, (my 81 is one of them) but you won't read much about them in this group. Sometimes a trip report validates the reliability of the Van, but if you are going to use what you read here to decide if your Vanagon can be trusted, you may as well just burn that thing to the ground, and get used the Chevy Van. These great folks are here to help people with trouble, what do you expect to find except people asking for help?

If you want an idea of the health of the general population, and you go to the doctor's office or the hospital, you will come away thinking that everyone is sick and in need of surgery. If you hang out at the unemployment office, you will soon figure that everyone is out of work.

For every person who has gone to Texas and had problems, there are a thousand times that number who have gone, and come back home with no difficulty.

If there was a newsgroup for the Chevy Astrovan, it would be mostly filled with people needing help fixing this and repairing that, and your opinion of the vehicle might be altogether different.

Just something to consider.

Regards from Utah,

John


Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!


Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com


The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.