try at least twice the 2000 we paid for teh '84 here..
so far... had it for a while though...

a vanagon is a bottomless money pit. wouldn't be so
much of one with a  better engine (and probably isn't
for those of you who have installed more common
engines)

tis the price that's paid for having a vehicle with an
engine that was only ever used in that vehicle.
expensive parts. extortively expensive.

honestly, if i coulda i woulda done da subaru a
loooong time ago.

(anyone got a spare engine that they'll part with for
a song? heh  >:D  )

--- mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> wrote:
> I think I'm over the purchase price by about 50
> percent.  I'm gonna quit
> counting before I need thorazine.
>
> Mike
>
> > From: Roy Olynick <rrh@AUTOBAHN.MB.CA>
> > Reply-To: Roy Olynick <rrh@AUTOBAHN.MB.CA>
> > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 00:17:10 -0500
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Fw:      Re: Why I hate my Vanagon
> >
> > | Wuss!  $2400?  I'm hitting $3500 for just the
> engine, and I'm not done yet.
> > |
> > | Whimper, cry, moan.
> > |
> >
> > Not done yet? With a Vanagon, you're never done,
> maybe "done in" but never
> > done.
> >
> > In 14 years of owning my '87 Westy, it's cost me
> the purchase price over again
> > in maintenance. And that doesn't include the VW
> issue rose-coloured glasses.
> >
> > Whimper, cry, moan.
> >
> > Roy Olynick
> > '87 VW Westfalia GL
> > (till death do us part)
> > '91 Honda Civic SE
> > '01 Honda Civic LX
> > www.autobahn.mb.ca/~rrh/Westy_Home.htm
> >
> > |
> >

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