I agree with you so much!!!
But i love my westy so much!!! :)))

Sylvain B�langer
Montr�al Quebec
1982 1.6l TD westy
1995 Suzuki Sidekick

>From: "robot ." <robot_works@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: "robot ." <robot_works@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: woe is me
>Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 11:18:26 PDT
>
>>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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