Motor on, dude.

Greeting from California, or Marin County which is close enough.

Mike

On 4/29/07 9:34 PM, "Stephen Overmyer" <S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU> wrote:

>
>
> Admittedly it is 300,000kms not miles, but on the way to work this
> morning I clocked up this significant milestone...as it were.
>
> Original engine (except for the heads), gearbox and clutch. Even the
> exhaust is the original, although I am planning to replace that soon cuz
> it rattles since a baffle sounds like it has come loose. Minimal oil
> consumption and still maintains the 10L/100kms it has always achieved.
>
> Still, a good effort and I thought (for the benefit in particular of any
> new listees) the archives should have some more positive accounts of T3
> ownership and reliability with only regular routine maintenance...:-)
> BTW, on May 5th 07 we celebrate 15 years together since  purchasing the
> van. Seems like only yesterday she was brand spankin' new with something
> like 7. 5 kms on the clock... Ahhh the memories...
> ( queue cheesy Barbara Streisand soundtrack  "The Way We Were"...)
>
> Cheers,
> Steve O
> NSW Australia
> '92 Transporter WBX Kombi
> '00 Transporter Double Cab
> '03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)
> '78 Land Rover Series 3 109 soft top ute (ex-Aust.Army)
> '07 Passat Variant TDI (on order from the Fatherland....hopefully here
> in June)
>
> "It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end-to-end,
> someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them"