I've never, in about 700K miles (several vans), had a boot fail. All have been OEM. 

Karl Wolz
Sent from my electronic umbilicus

On Apr 22, 2013, at 6:31 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Find used OEM boots, or buy from the VW dealer, they never seem to wear out.
> Mine are fine after 27 years and 140k, and the ones on my previous '84 were
> fine after 250k when I sold it in 2006.  Aftermarket stuff is junk.
> 
> Stuart
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jim Felder
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 3:43 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: 9-month life on new CV boots
> 
> All this talk about CV joint cleaning and booting made me take a look at my
> boots today, 9 months after putting four new ones on the car.
> 
> One has a gaping hole.
> 
> This is ridiculous that unacceptable that in 2013 someone can't even make a
> CV joint boot that will hold up for a year.
> 
> Well, maybe somebody can, but who is it? Tell me and I will start buying
> from them.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim