on 8/21/05 2:39 PM, Doug in Calif at vanagon@ASTOUND.NET wrote:

>" They said the vanagon
> is a vehicle that is really fun to drive and it inspires the open road and
> taking trips and camping, but its a "ying and yang" thing, that you pay for
> the fun with
> huge pain and suffering with expensive repairs. That if VW had made a vanagon
> without the down side they could sell millions of them.

the above statement rings true to me.  If you do your own repairs, the pain
may be larger and the expense may be less

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