Absolutely.

Saying they are junk is a very ignorant, immature opinion. The
wasserboxers weren't discontinued for nothing. We have an inline 4 in
our van and love it. We also decided upon the change after over a year
of informed research.

I think it's very important that one doesn't scare innocent people
asking innocent questions, screaming in caps with way too much
punctuation about regrets and junk when they are only voicing an
opinion.

Look at that page that one listmember made about the happiness of I4
owners. Ask them, not a screaming fanatic.

Jeesh.

On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 20:58, Pat Dooley wrote:

> Maybe for some people the I4 is not the best choice for use in the Vanagon,
> but no properly informed person would ever think the WBX is a better motor
> than the VW I4.
> To say they are "junk" is ridiculous.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of No Name Available
> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 11:35 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 86 syncro I-4 swap
>
>
> DONT DO IT YOU WILL ONLY REGRET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> THIS INLINE FOUR BUSINESS IS SUCH A BAD IDEA.
>
> Check out the bigger flat fours at GOWESTY
> http://www.gowesty.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=gw&
> Category_Code=mp-rbe
>
> THESE ARE SO MUCH BETTER....
>
> PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DONT USE THE i FOUR. THEY ARE JUNK!!! i HAVE WORKED ON
> SO MANY OF THEM AND THEY ARE ALL PROBLEMATIC.
>
> Chris
> VT
> 91 westy
> 87 westy syncro
>
> (both with flats still happy)