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I request permission to acknoledge that you are a Waser Boxer owner.
Matter of fact, I think you got one of everything.
I'll stick to my air cooled.
True a I had a few bad experiences but I've also had full years without
anything but oil changes.
With my recent new engine I've blitzed off 12,000 miles without a hitch.

Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westfalia

On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 22:43:03 -0400 Stephen Steele
<steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET> writes:
> > The Misadventures of Vanagon Stan.
> Good tale and amazing that you could tell the tale with such
> clarity.
> My first van was an '81 in '85. It would run 75-80 mph all day
> long...but I
> couldn't push it any faster for any extended period.  It had the
> gasoline
> auxiliary heater... Thank God!
>
> When I got my first waterboxer ('91) I thought I had died and gone
> to
> Vanagon Heaven...heat, creature comforts and the Caravelle (Carat)
> package was perfect until I discovered Westies.
>
> For me, I would never go back to an Air Cooled... No way, No how
> Nope, Nyet,
> Nein. Even with all its head gasket problems, the WBX is my engine
> of
> preference.
>
> --
> Stephen Steele*
> Chillicothe OH
> '91 Caravelle  "Hans"
> '87 Westy      "Franz"
> '84 Westfalia  "Fritz"
> '81 Diesel Rabbit "Ol' Yeller" by PO
> '82 Caddy VW Diesel P.U.
> '90 Jetta GL  17 yo Sons' "together" car
> '74 MGB  My first car...yep, I've kept it since '74
> '93 Chevy S-10
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