screw Japanese cars.. they suck!!

At 07:29 PM 4/1/2003 +1200, Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>>Although a newbie to this forum there is one thing that I've
>>noticed--most of the Vanagons are approaching twenty-years-old and
>>typically have 180K miles on them.  How many other vehicles that are
>>approaching their second decade of usage are still road worthy?
>
>Untold thousands... generally from Japan.
>
>>How
>>many other vehicles with 180K are as beloved as our Vanagons?
>
>LOTS... I love my diesel Toyotas with up to 600,000-odd km per car.
>
>>There are things about the Vanagon that surprise me that there wasn't a
>>class action lawsuit; like the AFM capacitor fix.
>>
>>I'm just hoping that someday someone will figure out how to drop in a
>>gas efficient engine with a little more boost than what we already have.
>
>KEP has... kits to fit a lot of different engines, including the
>ideal Subarus (though these aren't great for fuel-ceonomy).
>--
>Andrew Grebneff
>165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
><andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
>Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut