Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:45:01 -0700
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From: chris and/or ruth <populuxe59@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon ?Previa?
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Scott,
My brother in law swears by this vehicle; however he prefers to buy the near identical Mercury "VILLEGER". According to him, usually costs much less than the Quest. He also thinks the Quest/Villager is just as handy as my Vanagon (no comment). He uses his Villagers as delivery vehicles, driving hundreds of miles per night. Now that's saying something. He is on his third one and thinks the mid-nineties models are the best.
They are a neat little minivan, but smaller than your average bloated Town & Country or Wind star etc. Great for a single guy and an occasional overnighter with the S.O., but don't know if I could cram my family into one.
Chris C
90MV
Wisconsin
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Tell you this, for sure........and this is my exact
profession..............I would NOT recommend one for a friend.
What I did recomend for a freind though, was a Nissan Quest Van.
At autotrader.com..............no kidding...........they have a GREAT
search feature. I asked for a Nissan Quest Van, from 92 to 1997 year model,
for $ 1,000 to $ 4,000 within 60 miles of my freind's zip code. Found a 95
Quest in minutes, for $ 2,500, and the next day she got it for $ 2,250.
I drove it from Albuquiqui back to Southern Oregon .........it just glides
along at 80 effortlessly.
Nissans are incredibly durable. V-6 engine of course. That Quest is 'made
by Ford for Nissan' ..........so it's a Ford body, but Nissan drivetrain.
She did, after a year and a half have some msifiring due to a simple
distributor cap issue........
and some cat problems,............and the cats were replaced *before* the
misfiring was fixed.............so I suspect it didn't even have bad cats in
the first place.
But otherwise..........has worked perfectly.
And anyone seeing red hot cats should check for misfiring right off the bat.
And a distributor cap and rotor is a normal wear item anyway.........so
that's not even a mechanical failure. I'm sure that cap and rotor had 100K
on them.
but check that out ..........Nissan Quest Van .........around 1995.......and
also check out www.autotrader.com.
I just recommended a Quest van to some other friends of mine too.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
aka 'Scott Foss Foreign Car Repair and Consulting' .......my official legal
biz name.
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