Date:         Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:30:02 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: SUV Bashing)  was Think Positive to start your new year
Comments: To: Andrew Fox <afox@CNR.COLOSTATE.EDU>
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Andrew Fox wrote:

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> Vanagons are a hobbyist car not a reliable,
>practical form of trasportation.
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Hold up there a moment!!! I doth protest!!

Vanagons ARE as reliable as other 10/12/14 year old and older vehicles.
And in my case mine is a daily driver, so it has to be reliable.
Granted, it has on occasion, had some biggies, but once those biggies
were taken care of, there has not been a biggie since. Last one was four
years ago when the engine burned a piston. I probably could have just
top overhauled it, but I figured that the PO must have abused the snot
out of it to have a brand new factory remanufactured engine  go bad
somehwere around 40,000 miles, so  I had it rebuilt.  Since then there
has just been routine maintenance that every car must have.

My $0.02.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver