David,

Torn boots are a fact of life.  I can't speak for your area(where ever that is) but here 80,000 miles on CV boots is pretty good.  Outer boots have to turn as well as rotate with the axle, they are subject to heat and cold, road debris, and natural degradation from exposure to the atmosphere.  Ask the shops in your area, maybe the failure you had was unusual or you may find that the boots lasted as long as could be expected.

Mark in AK
87 Westy Syncro
87 GL Sunroof Syncro
03 Passat 4motion Wagon
79 Triumph Spitfire

----- Original Message -----
From: David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Friday, September 7, 2007 2:08 pm
Subject: Re: Best Cars to go 200,000 Miles
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> --- Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM> wrote:
>
> > Up until the beginning of summer, the Vanagon had the least
> mileage of
> > any of our cars (Previa, 265K; New Beetle TDi, 165K; TT, 145K,
> Jetta,> 145K; Vanagon, 129K). The Previa finally died, so there's
> a young'un in
> > the stable now (Sienna, 60K).
> >
> > Not a one has ever seen the dealer out of warranty. No doubt the
> > article calculates the savings based on dealer service, so I figure
> > we're way ahead of their figures.
> >
>
> Did any of them ever have CV joint problems? My 2001 Passat had
> torn outer
> CV boots at 80k miles. They were not just cracked. One of them
> broke into
> 3 pieces.
>
> David
>
>
>
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