How can you get reliability out of a = ten year old vehicle? There are no guarantees. Problems = with vanagon are not that different from other ten year old vehicles, = only on the vanagon list 80% of what is talked about is how to fix = problems. So that is mostly what we hear and see and = expect. How reliable is a ten year old Toyota?
If you want a reliability (i.e., = expect to not have to keep replacing worn parts or rebuild the engine = once every 100k or so), then just don't buy a ten year old vehicle, no = matter what make it is.
-Phillip
-----Original Message-----
From: JordanVw@AOL.COM =
[mailto:JordanVw@AOL.COM]=
Sent: Friday, January 15, 1999 6:51 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: =
Re: Vanagon Reliability
In a message dated 99-01-14 08:47:52 =
EST, Kevin_T._Justice@DADEBEHRING.COM
writes:
<< I am again interesting in =
purchasing a Vanagon, preferably a Syncro, (also
considering the merits of a =
Double Cab). <Aside: Lynnda, glad to see you
sold your Syncro, sorry about =
dragging my feet.> I am very much interested
in obtaining one of these =
vehicles but was recently set back in my quest by
the response given by another =
listmember to my question regarding
reliability. A brief =
exerpt of our e-conversation follows:
Q:
> What kind
> of reliability might I =
expect from a vehicle like [this one]? >>
why do think all we do is talk about =
engine swaps on this list?
to be honest...the vanagon isnt in a =
class of "reliable vehicles".
you want reliability, drive a =
japanese car....but the jap cars have no
class...no "panache"... =
:<) i have a vanagon, because i like vw's, it has =
a
neat interior layout, and it's a =
versatile vehicle.
it's just too bad they have sucky =
motors....
chris