Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 08:21:03 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Japanese Westy
In-Reply-To: <1212821827.484a31436c49d@www.stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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There is a dark blue '91 Country Homes Camper for sale in Vancouver that was
brought over from Japan.
A friend of mine actually bought it but was able to get the vendor to take
it back. It was very clean and drove well but had crash damage on the right
hand side that wasn't disclosed to the buyer.
Its being sold by a lease operator and advertised on Westminster
Volkswagen's site.
http://listings.boostmotorgroup.com/Details.aspx?InventoryID=217176&DealershipID=634&PageSize=20&ParentCompanyID=0&DealerGroupID=0&MediaID=36&onSpecial=0&Wholesale=0&Demo=0&lang=en&isLogo=1&origin=0&CustomLogo=0&IsSpecial=0&IsMembership=0&IsDemo=0&IsWholesale=0&NotDemo=0&IsNew=0&VehicleTypeID=0&RowNumber=74
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 11:57 PM, Andrew Grebneff <
andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> wrote:
> Quoting Zoltan Kuthy <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>:
>
> > It just had to happen. The world famous Hi-Ace made into a Westfalia
> > camper. And I think, it is an improvement on the ones we have. A
> > modern
> > alternative. Though, I still like our Westy better. But I think, the
> > fuel
> > mileage is about 25mpg with the Hi-Ace. It will be very popular but it
> > will
> > not come here. The Hi-Ace was so popular in the world, that it was
> > prohibited to come over here and push everyone out of the way. And now
> > with
> > this outfit, it would be a real ace. But we will see. The engine is
> > super
> > reliable.
> > Zoltan
>
> It's totally beyond me why the Japanese manufacturers do what they do in
> the American market. They stopped bringing in the Estima/Previa and
> instead developed a Camry-based equivalent (Sienna). Never brought in the
> Hiace and stopped bringing in the Liteace and Delica. Honda & Nissan
> reskin their cars (Cefiro/Maxima, Bluebird/Primera etc) and sell them with
> different badges (Altima, Stanza etc) or rebadge them (Euro Accord as ?TSX
> etc).
>
> As to milage, it depends on the engine type. You'd be lucky to see better
> than 20mpg IMPERIAL (let alone US) gallon from a gas Hiace. Vans are NEVER
> economical; the gearing is too low and the frontal area too big and bluff.
>
> Reliability depends on the engine type. 4th-gen Hiaces came with these
> engines:
> 2L 2.4 diesel
> 2L-T 2.4 turbodiesel
> 3L 2.8 diesel
> 1KZ-T turbodiesel
> 2.0 gas
> 2.4 gas
>
> The 2L-T has a reputation for expensive failures.
>
> Sometimes Toyota spells the name Hi-Ace. However the badges on the
> vehicles, from 1960s to today, say Hiace. No hyphen.
>
--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
