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Date:         Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:09:15 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: vanagon difficulty
Comments: To: Janne Ruohomäki <janne.ruohomaki@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <bbb34d60909040529i1f4e6eb6r7de58ed45ea7bc84@mail.gmail.com>
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A million miles on a clutch?! Nope, never happened - not even a million kilometers.

Sheesh

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 5:29 AM, Janne Ruohomäki <janne.ruohomaki@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Mark Tuovinen<mst@ak.net> wrote: > > I know a woman whom had a `83 - `85 (not sure exact year) Civic that > after she was done with > > it passed it along to her daughter. The daughter finally killed it > around 600,000 miles and > > it had the original clutch. I also came across a posting once for a `79 > Civic that went > > 979,000 miles. Not sure which was more impressive, that the car went > that far or that > > someone drove it the distance. > > Now these here are starting to sound like respectable amount of > miles. My father had -82 Datsun Laurel 2.8 Diesel which went well over > 1 000 000 miles. No clutch, engine, drivetrain repairs or anything. > And for goddness sake this is a japanese car! The engine and > drivetrain were in excellent condition when my father sold the car to > some guy who had horses and needed cheap car to tow those horses in > "horsetrailer" (wtf that thing is called where horses travel in a box > behind a car). The only thing in that car that needed repairs was the > body of the car: japanese cars of that era have more paint than metal > everywhere in the car. There were 2 young guys driving this car as a > first car after we got our driving licences: me and my brother. And I > can tell you that we both hit the pedal to the metal _very_ often for > over 4 years in a row. Eg. absolute full throttle to 75mph at least > every second time when leaving traffic lights. That car was quite > lightweighted, except for engine. It was also rear wheel driven so it > was very much fun to drive with excessive sliding. Perfect car for > young wannabe-racer. It actually outperformed most BMWs and audis in > acceleration from 0 - 75 mpg that my friends (or their fathers ;) had > at that time. > > Ive followed this list and discussion about mileage and it actually > makes me laugh when people are somehow thinking that some 200 000 > miles without opening an engine is a lot for a car. Thats utter > bullshit. These guys have absolutely no idea how a good engine should > perform. 200k is just a warmup lap for real Engine. >

-- Beverley Anne de Villiers April 20, 1930 - July 4, 2009

Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"

Crescent Beach, BC

www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27


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