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Date:         Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:10:17 -0800
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Want to talk me out of buying diesel Vanagon?
Comments: To: Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <1b85fa6a0801190548s65e4bd2bicf5cde8d555e38b8@mail.gmail.com>
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Well, if you already have two vanagons, And you miss having a car ............and stock diesel vanagons really are 'needing more' in several departments.................I'd say that says 'get a diesel car." !

And a Benz, baby, Mercedes are in a whole other world for safety, well-builtness, solidness, on and on and on. Or, I can say this, if you haven't owned a Mercedes, you should for once in your life at least. You need to get a pretty good one. I've seen them that seemed to drive just fine from behind the wheel, but if you really examined things carefully, they needed a lot. But they are incredibly cars. On good Benz diesel car, is worth about 6 diesel dashers. I personally would not drive a diesel dasher if paid 50 cents a mile. Sorry..........not really a whole lot of 'real car' there, but you are used to a an air-cooled Thing., so that wouldn't be too foreign. I love the idea of making your Thing into Diesel, but that's whole engine conversion, you may not be up to that Hardest part is a radiator in front, and perhaps engine mounting , but it's do-able. My recommendations at the moment, look into the benz's carefully. I might never sell Ursula my 1970 250 gas Benz vanagon tow car, owned her two separate times. That car has parts untouched on it at 300 + K miles. Solid like you can't imagine. And I had a 240D for a while.........just an incredible car. Gotta get a pretty good one thought to start with. Scott www.turbovans.com

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Zeitgeist Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 5:48 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Want to talk me out of buying diesel Vanagon?

Why not convert your "Thing" to a diesel? I really wanted to do that with my old '73 Thing, back about twenty years ago.

I've owned all of your stated choices, and I think you'd be happier with the MB over the long haul.

On Jan 19, 2008 4:48 AM, Edward Duntz <eduntz@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I don't have anything diesel anymore and I want something to put a wvo kit > in like I had in my dearly departed Jetta diesel. I'm tempted to buy an '82 > Vangagon GL diesel that my mechanic has for sale. It doesn't have a rear > heater, doesn't have the duct that directs the front heat to the back, and > it's not a 5-speed... All things I would like. It not a turbo and I know it > will be slow. He wants $3,000 for it. > > Another choice is an '82 MB 300D from the same mchanic. It's got around > 200K on it and he wants $2,000 for it. > > I'm also thinking of a '92 Jetta turbodiesel that is on eBay right now, > but with very little info posted. I've e-mailed the seller, who's supposed > to call me, but I haven't heard back yet. > > To complicate things, another guy wants me to trade my '73 Thing for > either a MB or Dasher diesel that he's got. > > One of the reasons I was thinking of the diesel Vanagon was that I thought > it might be easier for me to put in the wvo kit myself- shorter distance > from extra tank to engine, shorter hose lengths, etc. But as much as I like > driving my '87 Vanagon and '85 Westfalia, I do miss driving a car. > > Any suggestions? > Ed in CT > _________________________________________________________________ > Climb to the top of the charts!Play the word scramble challenge with star > power. > http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan


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