Hi Stan,

thanx for your opinion but like others before you, your position is ripe
with lots of technical ignorance. The 2.1L WBX has enjoyed as much as much
as 1 million kilometers of VW testing and with required proper maintenance
has proven it's unique design.

Presently Vanagon list members deal with WBXs that are clearly at the end of
their "Service life". Usually that means >10 years & 100K miles.
Additionally these WBXs often have had "questionable" maintenance,
especially regarding the all important coolant changes.

In spite of admirable performance, the WBX at some point >100K mileage
point, the engine will need some sort of major repair. This is where a
jackass like you buy a Vanagon at bargain prices and then encounter the
so-called well-known WBX "head gasket problem". Following this, the new WBX
expert then pontificates on the lousy reliability of the WBX.

The list tends to be a constant soap box for WBX technical experts like Stan
who thinks that >100K miles wear-and-tear failures are simply unacceptable
when compared to bloated cast-iron American V-8s.

Stan is an excellent example of the guy who buys Vanagon at bargain prices,
has a poor quality (cheap)head gasket repair performed and when the coolant
leak reoccurs, the "expert" dictates that the WBX design is clearly the
fault. The fact that our expert bought a light alloy motor at the end of
it's service life at bargain prices seems to vanish.

Stan, My unfortunate fleet sits side-by-side without leakage or problems.
They start with a turn of the key because I have restored my WBXs to their
originally designed functional level. In other words, I've restored the
"service life" of the WBX.

I'm really disappointed that you missed the intended, romantic beauty of my
splitty message and concentrated on the perceived shortcomings of my WBX
"fleet".

Regards,     John

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