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Date:         Thu, 13 May 1999 10:04:19 -0400
Reply-To:     Donald Baxter <dab1@JHK.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Donald Baxter <dab1@JHK.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rebuilds
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> >Toyota's are EASY to work on compared to vw's. They really are very well >designed cars. Every part is just good enough, no better, no worse, >although their engines and automatic transmissions are uncommonly well >built, even compared to the rest of the car. > >On a vw, you'll see quality of design and construction all over the map, >from incredibly excellent, to awfully bad. > >Also, mechanics like to do lots of routine maintenence, and they'll get >more of that with Toyota/Lexus. All in all, your mechanic made an excellent >business decision.

Oh please, don't you think you might be taking my comments a bit too seriously? They are posted to a Vanagon list, not a ToyoLexus list.

DB


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