At 04:56 PM 3/04/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>From:    Bill Marshall <Willolyn99@AOL.COM>
>
>Steve-O bought his '92 new, and has had few problems....
>
>'92????  That's practically new!

    No Bill,that's 11 years and 250,000kms...enough to have made a
    reasonable assessment of a vehicle... My vehicle may be one of the
    babies of the list but I have probably owned a T3 longer than some
    here...

>Call me back 7 years from now, and we'll talk! ;-)
    With respect,do you really have the expectation that your 18 year old
    vehicle with presumably reasonable mileage would have had no
    problems in that time?...We are talking about a van with an engine
    of modest output that are often loaded up to buggery and expected to
    perform in all sorts of adverse conditions....c'mon!

    Steve O
    NSW Australia
    '92 Transporter WBX Kombi
    '68 Beetle
    '00 Transporter 5Cyl Double Cab
    '03 Transporter 5Cyl Double Cab (work truck)