---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Yah, but here we are again, messing with VWs again. Your story "I > rebuilt an air cooled engine back ____________" ....that has been told > here now often. But none of us learned, none of us paid any attention to > the details, did we? ....Like the minor detail that we are once again in > VWs.....Older, but wiser? > > I, for one, have learned that I don't care to keep rebuilding the boxer > motors (in my primary form of transport)...learned that in the college of > Hard Knocks...pun. > > At least I am working on the inline four motors from VW now...motors that > seem make rebuilding a matter of choice rather than a frequent fact of > life.... > > Soon your kids won't even know what 'rebuilding a motor' means...There is > a new generation that thinks you just turn in your lease every few years > and get another disposable car.. Don, it may be true that those who grew up with modern cars know less about maintenance than the older folks do (or did). But, when they deal with these "disposable" cars, they are reasonable in expecting not to have to do or have done major repairs. The cars are just better, albeit much more expensive to fix if something does go wrong. And of course, fewer people not trained on the specific vehicle can expect to just tear in and figure it out. But, when I was a kid, 50-60K miles was considered good before the thing was ready for the junkyard. When we started to drive cars 100K miles routinely, people were not quite sure. Anything built in the last 23 years might reasonably be expected to go 200K miles without any major repair, unless wrecked. Yes, I know that people drive Vanagons that many miles, but it is sort of like George Washington's axe in the museum. The only parts not original are the head and the handle. mcneely |
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