Ron, Since my defense of the "extraordinarily bad engine" started this thread, here are the numbers for the two Vanagon's I have owned... '83.5 1.9 GL 128,000 miles '86 2.1 Syncro 111,000 miles The first one was sold as-is, and the Syncro (daily driver) had a rebuilt AVP installed just about a year ago (great engine). My old '59 Splittie had an 1800cc installed -- the engine never gave me any trouble, but one time I torqued the tranny in two! Scott Ron Lussier wrote: > > Based on the postings so far, the data for miles to first event are: > > Average miles to the first event: 107,055 > Median miles to first event: 97,500 > > 'Event' is defined in a fuzzy way. It's either the current mileage, or the > mileage when the gaskets leaked or needed to be replaced. > > I'll post the total results at some point after discussion dies down. > > Coyote > -- /\_/\ ____ > Coyote ( ) \ _/__ LikeMinds > (415) 284-6972 \ / \X / Every Individual a Market > \_/ \/ http://www.likeminds.com/ |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.