re
"The only time I have broken down out on the road was when I had a TIICO in
my van."

LOL - I can say the only time I've ever had a major engine blow up in my
*entire driving career* .......
which has to be at least 100,000 miles 10 times ........so maybe as much as
a million miles............. was with a stock diesel vanagon engine, 1.6 NA.

ok.....well, 15,000 miles a year for 47 years is only 705,000 miles...
so I'll say 'in half a million miles of driving'  a stock 48 hp diesel
vanagon engine is the only engine blow up I've ever had -  the only rod
through the side of the block, ever.  And I'm real easy on equipment too.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Stevens" <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: Mechanics List?

>I have just printed the sections that are in the area I am traveling in the
> past.
> Same with the Aircooled lists Rescue Squad. I highlight then print. ON the
> other hand
> I no longer have a WBX motor in my van so that considerably reduces "the
> risk", and
> I do so much maint. on the rest of it that the liklihood of a breakdown is
> reduced.
> The only time I have broken down out on the road was when I had a TIICO in
> my van.
>
> bob
>
> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Bill Shawley
> <easywind1975@hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I know Roadhaus has a feature to read reviews of different repair shops,
>> I
>> was wondering if a "print" friendlly list existed for the insecure
>> traveller
>> without mobile internet access so they could take it with them.
>>
>>
>>