VANAGON archives -- October 2002, week 3 (#486)

Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 18:54:11 -0600 Reply-To: jimt <westydriver@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: jimt <westydriver@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO> Subject: some notes from counterman mag Comments: To: wetwesties@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed

look at these figures keepin in mind three things 1. sixties era buses 2. seventies era buses 3, vanagon series and how many miles some complain they never get out of engines jimt

1960 avg vehicle survived 92kmiles before scrapping 1970 - 105k 1980 - 132k 1990 - 191k

1970 15 percent of vehicles 10 yrs or older today close to 40 percent are 10 years or older

1980s 20 percent of 5 to 7 year old vehicles scrapped today only 10 percent of 12 to 13 year old vehicles are scrapped

dealers service the majority of vehicles to age 5

ten years ago a thousand dollar bill for a ten year old car sent it to the scrapper because it had reached its lifespan anyway. today that car is probably fixed and expected to last another 5 years

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