try at least twice the 2000 we paid for teh '84 here.. so far... had it for a while though... a vanagon is a bottomless money pit. wouldn't be so much of one with a better engine (and probably isn't for those of you who have installed more common engines) tis the price that's paid for having a vehicle with an engine that was only ever used in that vehicle. expensive parts. extortively expensive. honestly, if i coulda i woulda done da subaru a loooong time ago. (anyone got a spare engine that they'll part with for a song? heh >:D )
--- mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> wrote: > I think I'm over the purchase price by about 50 > percent. I'm gonna quit > counting before I need thorazine. > > Mike > > > From: Roy Olynick <rrh@AUTOBAHN.MB.CA> > > Reply-To: Roy Olynick <rrh@AUTOBAHN.MB.CA> > > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 00:17:10 -0500 > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Subject: Fw: Re: Why I hate my Vanagon > > > > | Wuss! $2400? I'm hitting $3500 for just the > engine, and I'm not done yet. > > | > > | Whimper, cry, moan. > > | > > > > Not done yet? With a Vanagon, you're never done, > maybe "done in" but never > > done. > > > > In 14 years of owning my '87 Westy, it's cost me > the purchase price over again > > in maintenance. And that doesn't include the VW > issue rose-coloured glasses. > > > > Whimper, cry, moan. > > > > Roy Olynick > > '87 VW Westfalia GL > > (till death do us part) > > '91 Honda Civic SE > > '01 Honda Civic LX > > www.autobahn.mb.ca/~rrh/Westy_Home.htm > > > > | > >
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