At 01:51 AM 11/16/2010  -0500, A J wrote:
>Well that the story for today - it really happened and just that way.
>Is it karma? Saying prayers? Being a church going person - Im not much
>on that. I dont know why its still running  and running well. Maybe
>its because the people at VW really did build a good vehicle with a
>great motor!!

Let's put it this way -- don't do it again.  Your van's guardian
angel might quit in disgust and let you take your lumps.  And if you
would take my earnest advice -- you had several opportunities to
stop, pop the hatch and figure out what was going on and whether you
needed to hitchhike home.

If folks would ask themselves the question "Is driving the next
{half/one/two/five/whatever} miles worth three thousand bucks for a
new engine?" I think we'd have fewer sad driveway stories here.  It's
an aluminum engine.  Overheating is most definitely not its thing.

I suspect we haven't heard the end of this story.

Yours,
David