At  1/23/2009 01:03 PM, neil N wrote:
>On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:26 AM, Tieitup <tieitup@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > You all sent me a few links for research in South Americas and I noticed
> > almost everyone who travels continents is air cooled.
>.....
>
> > So air or water? i'm leaning towards the air and busses you really can't
> > find the westy too much, popping always like I do.
>
>
>Air cooled platform or WBX for traveling to the South Americas?
>
>Obviously it's not just engine stuff that can fail. But, in this day
>and age, and all things being equal, my guess is that if you're
>somewhere in say Brazil, and your WBX Vanagon required parts, it
>*might* just mean more time for parts to arrive. Finding an air cooled
>engine part or Bay bus part locally might be quicker.
>
>Also consider what the local mechanics generally know better. A Bay,
>or a Vanagon?

They have water cooled Bays in the rest of the world, are they running I-4's?

Rob

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Western Washington State, USA