> Some folks say that these air-cooled vanagons can be high-maintenance,
> problematic or things like that.  They are probably truthfully sharing their
> own experience with a poorly maintained air-cooled vw.

I have an '81 with ~150,000 miles on it.  I'd get in it tomorrow and
head out to anywhere with no worry.  None of the paranoia that
inflicts waterboxer owners.  (I have one of those, too.)

Richard