I have to agree with most tho' I've not owned a bus.  The Vanagons have
superior engineering but the buses have beauty/character.

It'd be great to have the bus package with the Vanagon's (rear) power plant
and the Eurovan/CA interior accoutrements (love that top loading fridge)!

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:

> Buses are cool for the "smiles per hour" factor but the actual driving
> down the road is not much fun for the driver.  You have a very squirrely
> steering and suspension system, sound deadening is pretty much
> non-existant (you get major trash can lid shutting noise every time you
> shut a door) and the air cooled engines are time bombs (they make the
> waterboxer seem super reliable in comparison).  The 73-83.5 engines are
> the worst and most expensive/hard the get parts for engines I know of.
> Bob Donalds did like to rebuild these engines because they were so
> tricky that after 30 years they would still throw him for a loop now and
> then.  I loved driving around a 66 bus that I restored for a guy a
> couple of years ago.  I took short trips to town and everyone smiled and
> waved to me.  To go farther than 10 miles I take my Vanagon.
>
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
>
>
>
> Tieitup wrote:
>
>> Why do you all love your vanagons so much over the air cooled busses. what
>> is it, the possibility that maybe their more reliable?the body style or
>> just
>> possibly because you have one and love her dearly.
>>
>> adam
>> 88 westy getting skinned this week for work
>>
>>
>>

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'82 Diesel Westfalia (USS Tinosa)
'86 Vanagon/Westfalia Wannabe (SaVannah)
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