In a message dated 1/2/02 7:23:48 PM, andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ
writes:

<< The ONLY car I've heard of the heater fan failing in is the Vanagon >>

Andrew,

You must have lived a sheltered life.  Come to the land where men are still
men enough to face the pain-in-the-ass of a heater blower failing in the
midst of a raging blizzard and you will find various hunks of useless copper
windings littering the landscape.  I have seen the good, a Chevrolet which
merely involves popping the hood (i.e., bonnet) and all of 10 minutes later a
new blower motor is in place; the bad, a Vanagon, of course; and the truly
ugly, a Volvo 240 which can take 8 hours of the most tortured contortions
imaginable, even for an experienced hand.  I have heard tell of men who have
sold their 240's when confronted with a dealer's estimated cost to replace a
heater blower motor.

Rich