>Although a newbie to this forum there is one thing that I've >noticed--most of the Vanagons are approaching twenty-years-old and >typically have 180K miles on them. How many other vehicles that are >approaching their second decade of usage are still road worthy? Untold thousands... generally from Japan. >How >many other vehicles with 180K are as beloved as our Vanagons? LOTS... I love my diesel Toyotas with up to 600,000-odd km per car. >There are things about the Vanagon that surprise me that there wasn't a >class action lawsuit; like the AFM capacitor fix. > >I'm just hoping that someday someone will figure out how to drop in a >gas efficient engine with a little more boost than what we already have. KEP has... kits to fit a lot of different engines, including the ideal Subarus (though these aren't great for fuel-ceonomy). -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut |
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