Date:         Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:34:58 +1000
Reply-To:     Stephen Overmyer <S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU>
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From:         Stephen Overmyer <S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU>
Subject:      The 300k club
In-Reply-To:  <200704292307.l3TN7SIg011833@cooper.uws.edu.au>
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Admittedly it is 300,000kms not miles, but on the way to work this
morning I clocked up this significant milestone...as it were.
 
Original engine (except for the heads), gearbox and clutch. Even the
exhaust is the original, although I am planning to replace that soon cuz
it rattles since a baffle sounds like it has come loose. Minimal oil
consumption and still maintains the 10L/100kms it has always achieved.
 
Still, a good effort and I thought (for the benefit in particular of any
new listees) the archives should have some more positive accounts of T3
ownership and reliability with only regular routine maintenance...:-)  
BTW, on May 5th 07 we celebrate 15 years together since  purchasing the
van. Seems like only yesterday she was brand spankin' new with something
like 7. 5 kms on the clock... Ahhh the memories... 
( queue cheesy Barbara Streisand soundtrack  "The Way We Were"...)
 
Cheers,
Steve O
NSW Australia
'92 Transporter WBX Kombi
'00 Transporter Double Cab
'03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)
'78 Land Rover Series 3 109 soft top ute (ex-Aust.Army)
'07 Passat Variant TDI (on order from the Fatherland....hopefully here
in June)
 
"It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end-to-end,
someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them"