Date:         Mon, 31 Mar 2003 15:47:57 -0500
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: gutless AND unreliable...(C'mon Volkswagen!!)
Comments: To: Andrew Fox <afox@CNR.COLOSTATE.EDU>
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On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Andrew Fox wrote:

> Bottom line is its not a vehicle for the layperson who wants to travel on
> the cheap like many of us thought when we bought these vans.

Maybe so...but consider what it'd cost to buy and maintain a full-sized
RV.  Just something to think about.

I still contend that the issue isn't so much bad design as age, and the
fact that many of our vans were driven for years with no maintenance, or
minimal maintenance, before we got them.  I've had the sense that I'm
mostly working through a backlog of old problems, on mine.  Truely new
problems don't seem to crop up much, just old ones I hadn't recognized
yet or haven't gotten around to fixing.


David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si