I think most of us on the list don't talk about how "good" our Vans are
running for fear of the (list labeled) "Vanagon gods".  If people were not
afraid of "jinxing" themselves, I would bet a lot of us would "sing praise"
when our Vans are running well.  Why do you think we own them...
  Rich and Annemarie
  85 GL "Buba"
  98 Bug

>From: Mark Mages <wasserbox@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Mark Mages <wasserbox@yahoo.com>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: The Meaning of Life
>Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:17:54 -0700
>
>Yup - from reading the list, you would think VW made
>our vanagons out of crystal.  Just keep in mind that
>people don't generally post to the list saying "Hey,
>my van is running like a dream this week - what am I
>doing wrong?"
>
> >     As I remarked in an earlier posting, reading the
> > list archives makes me
> > as paranoid as a hypochondriac with a copy of the
> > Merc Manual!
>
>FWIW - My van has needed less than $250 in maintenance
>(other than gas & oil) in the last year.  That is for
>a clutch disc that I burned (responsibility taken) one
>temp sensor o-ring (.59) and the fuel tank rebuild.
>
>Now the year before... well, it consisted of fixing 10
>years of casual ownership.
>
>=====
>Mark
>If you're not paranoid, you're not paying attention.
>
>87 Westfalia Gl
>84 Scirocco 8v
>http://student.fortlewis.edu/~mwmages/
>
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