On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:26:27 +0000, "J Stewart" <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> said: > <I do like the labor unions theory ..............keeping all the air-cooled > familiar workers working........ > and just the general desire to keep with the original > concept.........rear > engine oppossed aluminum four. > Perhaps it's the power of labor unions that we can blame for these goofy > waterboxer engines.> > > Awww, geez, here we go with the Union bashing again! But, wait a > minute...isn't the Subaru also a water cooled flat 4 (or 6) engine? > Perhaps the same Unions forced this design on the Japanese? Maybe the > same Unions also forced them to engineer it better? Damn Unions! I don't see this as union-bashing, just a reasonable explanation for why VW would quickly slapdash the WBX together instead of switching over to a proven mature I4 engine. What Subaru did, or the merits of the boxer design in the abstract is not under argument. Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL |
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