Bill... it's not the messages stating problems I'm talking about... of
course that's to be expected... it's a fix-it list.  It's those bitching
about the WBX like it's the black sheep of the family that bothers me.  As
Chris said, it's not perfect... so what is?  But it has served a number of
us well (for the most part) when we've taken care of it.

If I didn't love VW buses from way back when (61 splittie, 76 loaf, 86 GL,
88 GL Wolfie, and now 89 syncro westy), and suddenly starting reading this
list, I would think vanagons with WBX's were pieces of s**t and no one
should touch them with a ten foot pole (I am sure there are some listees out
there that think just that!).  Fact of the matter is they've served a number
of us quite well in spite of a few shortcomings.

Mick Kalber
Tropical Visions Video, Inc.
62 Halaulani Place    Hilo, Hawaii  96720
ph. 808-935-5557    fax 808-935-0066
hotlava@interpac.net
www.volcanoscapes.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Davidson [mailto:wdavidson@thegrid.net]
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 5:42 AM
To: Mick Kalber; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: WBX Nightmares

> You know, you guys (and gals) are starting to make me nervous.  I've had 3
> WBX Vanagons and never had any serious problems with them.  To listen to
you
> all talk, I'm about ready to swap out my WBX for something else...
possibly
> anything else, if I keep listening to your horror stories.
>
> Does anybody have anything nice to say about the WBX?
>

Mick,
It's like you're going to the hospital and asking for people to testify how
they've never been sick a day in their life! :)

The focus of the list is how to fix problems....
so, of course, you're going to see a predominant number of posts about
problems.

Bill