At 1:22 PM -0500 3/24/01, JordanVw@aol.com is rumored to have typed:

>and then in a year or so youll be back in the same boat when your manual
>tranny develops a crack in the 3/4 gear slider hub (as they all do, sooner or
>later).
>the auto trannys are more relaiable than the vanual trannys on the wbx
>vanagons..
>chris

Yeah, that seems to be the emerging consensus.

Thanks.
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Larry Innes
Victoria, BC CANADA
87 Westfalia GL "Blu"
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