don't leave out the honda interceptor 500....bad cranks for early production
run...great bike once you fix that, though.....wonderful used value

carl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: is your Vanagon your main/only vehicle?

> >It never fails!
> >Whenever someone comes along complaining about all kinds of problems,
> >someone will inevitably reply saying 'well I've had hardly any problems
at
> >all'.
> >Of course it is all totally menaingless, every vehicle is different and
> >every owner is different. Two people could buy the same vehicle and
> >maintain it in exactly the same way and one person would have lots of
> >problems and another none at all.
>
>
> Not meaningless. Some vehicle designs really ARE trouble-prone, and owners
> who are less than one-eyed about them will be happy to spell out just what
> goes wrong. Enough is mentioned about Vanagons to indicate that there ARE
> headgasket problems and trans failures, and this should not be the case.
>
> Other mechanically troublesome vehicles known to me:
> diesel Nissan Skyline, Cedric, Laurel (RD28 engine), 1985 and later
(crank,
> head, bore, bearings)
> Nissan Vanette and Urvan/Homy/Caravan vans
> Subaru Leone (=Omega) and Alcyone (=XT6, Vortex) 1985-88 (cracked heads)
> diesel Mazda Familia (=323, GLC), Capella (626) and Bongo (=Ford
> Econovan/Spectron), B-series pickup
> diesel Mitsubishis (the works)
> gas Mitsubishis (excessive ring wear)
> any turbodiesel... Japanese, at least (cracked heads, dropped valveseats)
> Yamaha XVZ550 (=Vision)
> Honda VT250 V-twin sporty (crankshaft)
>
> Electrical problems:
> Nissans
>
> Rustprone:
> Hondas, any age
> Isuzus
>
> Fall to pieces:
> Holden VT Commodores
>
> The T3 seems to suffer more than its share of these bar rust and falling
to
> pieces!
>
>
>
>
> Andrew Grebneff
> 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand
> fax 64 (3) 479-7527
> <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
> www.goingplatinum.com/member/vw1
> www.my-successcenter.com/member/vw1
> www.aciimoney.com/index.shtml?vw1
> VW & Toyota vans, Toyota diesels and Macintoshes rule