

| Subject: | Re: Automatic Westy's vs Manual Westy's - two wheel |
| From: | Jake de Villiers |
| Date: | Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:33:51 -0800 |
Standard. I've put 131,000 miles on our 84 with no problems whatsoever, barring a new clutch at 85,000, soon after we got it. Changed the fluid once & I should do it again, I guess. Way too much to do these days. A sample of one. On 12/19/06, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com> wrote: > > Automatics. With all the problems that Listees have reported about their > Stick Shift Vanagons, I am so glad I have my Automatic - nary a problem > since 1997, although I did a complete rebuild 3 years ago when the cooler > corroded out with coolant mixing with ATF at the time. I like my > Automatic > - has never let me down on the road anywhere driving all over the country. > -- > Jim Thompson > 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" > 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise" > 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" > oldvolkshome@gmail.com > http://www.oldvolkshome.com > *Have a Happy & SAFE Holiday* > ********************************** > On 12/19/06, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > > > > Which is best? > > > > Opinions please! > > > > Thnaks, > > > > John Rodgers > > 88 GL Driver > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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