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Date:         Thu, 20 Jun 2002 22:07:10 -0500
Reply-To:     wilden1@JUNO.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: The Misadventures of Vanagon Stan
Comments: To: steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET
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*all rights reserved/no portion of this document may be reproduced w/o prior written permission ------------------------------------- I request permission to acknoledge that you are a Waser Boxer owner. Matter of fact, I think you got one of everything. I'll stick to my air cooled. True a I had a few bad experiences but I've also had full years without anything but oil changes. With my recent new engine I've blitzed off 12,000 miles without a hitch.

Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia

On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 22:43:03 -0400 Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET> writes: > > The Misadventures of Vanagon Stan. > Good tale and amazing that you could tell the tale with such > clarity. > My first van was an '81 in '85. It would run 75-80 mph all day > long...but I > couldn't push it any faster for any extended period. It had the > gasoline > auxiliary heater... Thank God! > > When I got my first waterboxer ('91) I thought I had died and gone > to > Vanagon Heaven...heat, creature comforts and the Caravelle (Carat) > package was perfect until I discovered Westies. > > For me, I would never go back to an Air Cooled... No way, No how > Nope, Nyet, > Nein. Even with all its head gasket problems, the WBX is my engine > of > preference. > > -- > Stephen Steele* > Chillicothe OH > '91 Caravelle "Hans" > '87 Westy "Franz" > '84 Westfalia "Fritz" > '81 Diesel Rabbit "Ol' Yeller" by PO > '82 Caddy VW Diesel P.U. > '90 Jetta GL 17 yo Sons' "together" car > '74 MGB My first car...yep, I've kept it since '74 > '93 Chevy S-10 > *all rights reserved/no portion of this document may be reproduced > w/o prior > written permission >

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