Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 17:34:47 -0500
Reply-To: "John H. Rodgers" <inua@QUICKLINK.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: "John H. Rodgers" <inua@QUICKLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: VANAGON WITH AUDI ENGINES
-- [ From: John H. Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
Scott, the ol' Wasserboxer is a pain in the butt, but I will confess that I
wouldn't trade my Wassserboxer powered pain in the A.... for anything else
on the road. My kids are on my case all the time about my van. Say I'm just
an old hippie reliving "The good Old Days". They drive King Cab Chevy
pickups with all the bells and whistles, but I wouldn't have one. I find
nothing else built today serves my purpose as well as my beloved Vanagon.
John Rodgers
Driver of a lovable '85 GL Pain!
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Date: Friday, 27-Mar-98 11:20 AM
From: Scott McDonell \ Internet: (scott@konnections.com)
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM \ Internet: (vanagon@vanagon.com)
Subject: Re: VANAGON WITH AUDI ENGINES
John H. Rodgers wrote (in part)...
...we here seem to have been stuck with a vehicle with an extrodinarily bad
engine ......the Wasserboxer...
"Extraordinarily bad engine"? I, for one, am very much down with the motor
in my '86 Syncro. Just rebuilt it about a year ago, and if I need to drop a
couple thousand dollars every 10 years on an engine that powers the best
vehicle I've ever owned, then so what? The thing starts right up, pulls
strong, sounds good, idles fine, cruises on the highway smooth and quiet,
puts out lots of heat front and rear, goes anywhere in any kind of weather
on any kind of road, holds lots of people and skis and boards and bikes and
gear, etc, etc. Sure, I'm best friends with my mechanic and he can probably
buy lots of beer on what I pay him each year, but the reality is the amount
of cash I spend annually on my Syncro doesn't come close to how much I could
be spending on a new vehicle. My insurance is cheap and chicks dig it, as
well. Stop me. Anyway, I got in trouble a few weeks ago when someone
started harshing the wasserboxer, but if I wanted a Chevy-powered vehicle,
I'd buy a Safari AWD (no, thanks). If I wanted a Suburu-powered vehicle,
I'd buy another Legacy wagon. One of the best cars I've ever owned, but it
ain't no Vanagon. Later!
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