Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 10:16:12 -0800
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: sage@instanet.com (Martin Sage)
Subject: Re: Why do we all love our "bricks" so much?
You just bought the wrong year....My '71 cost me peanunts to run. The last
rebuilt 1600 INSTALLED cost $800. Granted it's not great for long trips(no
power)but for putting around the city on a day to day basis and short day
trips it's wonderful. When I get a little money ahead I'll pull this engine and
put in a 1776 with weber progressive carb. and then I should have the perfect
bus.
Martin
>I purchased my 84 van from the origanal owner. He took great care in his
>vehical, as do I. This van has 164k miles on it. Between the 2 of us
>(mostly him). We have over $17,000 in receipts since it was purchased. If
>it was any other vehical it would be a huge LEMON!. But instead, everyone
>always says "It's a Vanagon.". The heads have been replaced twice, 12/92
>and 12/94. Here I am in 12/95 and I have to spend another $2,000 on
>rebuilding the whole engine, including new heads again.
>Yes, I love my Van but... Don't it tick you off to think that for over 10
>years in just the "water boxer" alone, VW has been snowing the public with
>an inferior product. I'm trying to replace my rear heater core for the 3rd
>time in this van. I called a whole bunch of junk yards to find a used one.
>Every single one of the 19 that was located, leeked. Ya think there's a bit
>of a poor quality issue here? Of all the people on this group alone. I
>would say %99 of everyone with a watercooled van has had head problems or is
>anticipating one. Unless you change your break pads before there's metel on
>metel you'll have to get new roters because there so thin they can't be
>resurfaced safley. How about the ever-so-popular leaking windshield. Well
>at least after my rebuild maybe my cooling system will be bled right.
>Thank goodness for AAA.
>As Meatloaf said in, Bat out of Hell II. "Life is a lemon and I want my
>money back."
>I feel better now.
>
>Fred
>"Looks like I'm fixing my Van-a-gon
>
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