>HERMANN DE BOER wrote:
> >
> > I am in shock!!!!!
> > Just got of the phone with my mechanic:
>
>Hi Hermann,
>
>I sympathize with your lament as I have 3 Vanagons and it always seems
>that one of them needs $$$$. However there never seems to be an end to
>list members whining about how costly Vanagon ownership is. The Vanagon
>has been out of production for almost 10 years now and the majority of
>them now have an excess of 100,000 miles. I doubt that VW expected the
>Vanagon to go much farther without major mechanical repairs. Why do the
>whiners on the list expect Vanagons to deliver reliable service at high
>mileage without needing repairs?
>
We don't expect it. Why would we?
A lot of us have second cars that we can rely on when we need to get
somewhere. And they usually say TOYOTA or HONDA across the back.
When I get to the amount of money I have dropped in my Vanagon over the last
year with my Toyota, I will let you know. I have owned that vehicle for 8
years now. And maintenance on a Toyota IS changing oil, changing antifreeze
every couple of 5 years, spark plugs every 50,00 miles. and kicking the
tires every week or so.

Love my Vanagon, but don't start comparing "well Built Cars" and
"Engineering Supiriority". There is a reason VW lost the market share it
once had in the US.

tim o'brien
84 hardtop weekender or whatnot
92 Toyota Pickup

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