Of course not! A '72 Chevy Nova with a slant 6 in it. Or a 92 Toyota pickup
with a R22 in it.

Both are like cockroaches, they'll be around long after the apocalypse.

tim in san jose

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug in Calif" <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: My 82 Diesel

> Boy,
> You guys sure are fun,
> Like an all night appointment at the dentist.
>
> So what are you saying?  go buy a saturn?
>
> Doug
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 8:27 AM
> Subject: Re: My 82 Diesel
>
>
> > Not so fast there, bunkie.  Remember the new-tew-yew vanagon rule.
You're
> > gonna spend twice what you paid for it in the first two years just to
keep
> > it running.
> > ------------------ Clip -----------------------
> > Absolutely right!
> > The market price for Vanagon  going to wrecking yards is $250.00 with
> decent
> > body parts and dead engines.
> > The market price running down the road under it's own power is about
twice
> > that much.
> > If you invest in an engine rebuild then it's a marriage made in hell as
> > everything else begins to fail.
> >
> > Stan Wilder
> > www.engineceramics.com
>