My experience with VW I-4's is different. Growing up, my family had one GTI,
one Golf, and one Jetta. My dad changed the oil with Mobil 1 on one of the
cars about every other weekend (he was a fanatic). All the cars were driven
by idiotic teenagers, and all the motors far outlasted the cars, going to
150 - 200,000 miles before the rest of the car started falling apart. The
engines were still in as-new condition.

>to last a long time pushing around a heavy van. In my experience with VW
>inline fours (in Golfs and Passats) their engines lasted about as long
>as a type 1 engine in a Beetle (or less), and they were pushing

Daniel Snow

'82 Vanagon Diesel
'78 Puch Maxi Luxe Moped
'01 Xootr Scooter
http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/snow/vanagon/vanagon.html

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