I have this 'flaw' ...( among many ! ) ..I take written things very
literally.
By writing 'mistakes they made' , as in past tense, do you have real
information that Subaru's  first generation TD engine has problems ? 
  I would expect subaru to have them pretty dialed in by production time.  I
would think the head gasket area would be touchy, or need extra engineering
to make it very solid there. 
Scott 
-----Original Message-----
From: Allan Streib [mailto:streib@cs.indiana.edu] 
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:41 AM
To: Scott Daniel - Shazam
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Subaru Boxer TURBO Diesel

Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes:

> It will also be the world's first opposed four ( boxer layout )
> turbo diesel engine.

So -- we might be well advised to wait for the second generation to
correct all the design mistakes they made in the first one.

Allan