Mike Finkbiner has a good point.  This Wal-Mart thread creates a certain
degree of paranoia as does much of our discussion of the problems with
Vanagons mechanically.  I'm a new Westy owner and I haven't even gone
anywhere yet and I'm ready to sell the van because I think it's going to
break down at any moment or that I'm going to get mugged along a peaceful
isolated stream somewhere in Idaho.  If I had joined this list before
purchasing my van, I might have changed my mind.  But it's too late now.
I'm obsessed with getting my Westy into great shape so that my kids and I
can have adventures (positive ones) while seeing this continent.

Please, more stories about how your Vanagon/Westy has been a great, safe,
and reliable vehicle and how it has opened up your world like no other
vehicle could.

Gerry