Date:         Wed, 1 Sep 2004 11:24:16 +1000
Reply-To:     Stephen Overmyer <S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU>
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From:         Stephen Overmyer <S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Re: Double cab for sale
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Date:    Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:47:33 -0700
From:    The Shaws <mindthegap01@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Double cab for sale

Add states: "Top VW techs say either lifter or wrist pin. it has 130
comp.
on each cylinder and it will do 80 all day long so I don't worry about
it."

  If someone is considering this vehicle, it's about now one should be
hearing "Warning Will Robinson"
  Nice body( not wrapped in the colour) but engine work sounds just
around the corner...

After reading the vanagon thread on the worst design flaws of the German
engineers perhaps the one big one overlooked was that they failed to
understand the American driver........

  Yea but...
  The VW Transporter was designed primarily for use in Europe where
significantly higher fuel costs and where a greater 
  awareness of the implications of transport based on non-renewable
fossil fuels exists. Sure they have Autobahns but  
  VW vans aren't generally meant to be flogging along at 140kph. They
are far better suited to running in the range of 
  90 to 110kph where reasonable fuel economy can still be attained. They
are a commercial vehicle that due to their
  versatility, solid build and superior drivability (and even
personality :) have won hearts all over the world. Their
  purpose in life is not to be thrashed along at high speed with scant
regard for increased fuel usage and this US 
  perceived design flaw is really a failure by some to appreciate or
understand the vehicle and it's intended purpose. 
  
Anyone out there run a solid 2.1 wbx at 80 all day long? Let along one
with potential problems.

  I wouldn't. I have taken one to these speeds but would not remain
there for long periods. It just wastes fuel and
  shortens the life of the engine.

or maybe it's just me, but my solid 2.1 likes to run about 65 "all day
long"

  No, it's not just you, that's exactly how they should be driven and
that's where they are most happy.

  A happy VW is a reliable VW :)

  Steve O
  NSW Australia
  '92 Transporter WBX Kombi
  '00 Transporter Double Cab
  '03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)
  '78 Landrover Series 3 Soft top (ex-Aust Army)