Jeff,
You're very welcome and good to hear you got a good impression of the
subaru.
Engines shot at 80k?  The engine you saw and drove is a demo unit that had
89k on it already.  Now 90k after that engine's trouble-free maiden voyage!
Cheers,
-Hans
East Coast Vanagon
http://www.vanaru.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Stewart" <fonman4277@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 11:10 AM
Subject: EB2007 Vanaru Test Drive

> Ok, rather than write up one long story about EB, I decided to break it up
> to subject specific postings. For those who read my breakdown story, I am
> going to gut the cat for now (would be out there now doing it, except that
> the weather is confused and thinks it's January here in Virginia, 60 MPH
> winds and SNOW flurries!). The absolute highlight of Everybus for me was
> getting to test drive Vanaru's Westy equipped with a 2.5, 165hp Subaru
> engine. All I can say is WOW! I want one! The install was beautiful, the
> engine looked like it belonged there, and the power was fantastic.The only
> down side was listening to a friend of mine the rest of the weekend (who
> is
> diehard VW) telling me  what junk Subaru's are, the heads leak worse than
> VW's, the engines are shot at 80K, etc. Now, he's never owned Subaru, but
> I
> know a lot of people who have, and I've never heard any of this from a
> Subaru owner. I'm also a lurker on the Subaru-Vanagon list, and I've not
> seen his opinion expressed there, either. A big thanks to Hans from Vanaru
> for giving me the chance to experience driving one. If  (when?) my 2.1
> dies, this is most likely the route I'll go.
>
>
> Jeff Stewart
> fonman4277@earthlink.net
> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/vwcampersmidatlantic/
>