"Botch-job"?...Sounds like a regular Vanagon to me...We all have these
issues all the time...Nobody (other than maybe a movie star) would
realistically expect to have a vanagon work perfectly, just cause you paid a
lot for it, right?

   Kidding, sort of.

   The only vehicles I've ever owned that having a problem was a
surprise?....Nissan or Toyota..and my Ford pickup for about it's first
couple of months..

.I am more surprised when I do a  long trip without any problems at all...

But at least with my Vanagon, all problems are minor.  I can fix most
everything right along the highway or in some parking area in a few hours,
usually with what I have along, or with help from the People on Vanagon List
and UPS...I don't need a Cray supercomputer and a 12yr old to interpret the
data to read my 'fault codes" and figure a way to 'defeat' some safety
system or any of that...
  Don Hanson

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:

> I am pretty sure that GW wishes to distance itself from The Hanksmobile
> after he appeared on Letterman & talked about the breakdown issues he had w/
> it in the Utah Desert?  Even I was digusted that GW might have sold a mega
> dollar vehicle that broke down-glad to know it was some dweeb's from AZ
> instead!  (hope he is not on this list, but if he /she is, then that would
> explain why he/she never owned up to the botch job?)
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ-go westy young man
>
>
> On Dec 2, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
>
> >  My apologies to Go Westie and to the list for the mistake regarding the
> > movie star and the Westie....
> >
> >   They do sell some "Gold Platers" though, Go Westie.   And many people
> are
> > really happy with their vehicles, so they are worth it to those who've
> > bought them
> >  Don Hanson
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hanks
>
>