This here is the winner of the post of the month award!

On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> The holder of the ticket, predicting 7:16 hrs between the eurovan query
> and Don's mention of his new van can redeem the prize in the lobby for the
> next 30 minutes.
>
> :)
>
> Alistair
>
>
> > On Jul 25, 2014, at 7:30 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > That is great that your van has run so well and given you painless
> > service.   There are many people who'll post that THEIR WBX motor has
> gone
> > XXX, xxx miles without blowing a gasket, too...
> >
> > But the question one needs to ask, to paraphrase that famous tough guy,
> > Dirty Harry....is do you feel lucky, ______?   I don't think anyone can
> > argue that a portion of the WBX powered vans have gone long miles, but I
> > don't think anyone can argue, either, that those are not the vans that
> have
> > given the WBX motors their reputation.
> >   That being said, I have no personal history with either a WBX Van or a
> > Eurovan, but I do have many acquaintances who have had them, and I did
> do a
> > lot of research when I was looking for an alternative to my big American
> > 4x4 diesel camper truck.   I struck both off my list of likely prospects
> > because I didn't feel lucky...and I didn't want to be paying frequent and
> > expensive parts bills and constantly rebuilding something...
> >   I think you gather all the information you can and then weigh the
> > information and make an informed decision...Maybe the Eurovans ARE good
> > some years and have their notorious transmission failures only on some
> > model years...  I think that was the OP's real question..
> >
> >
> >> On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Kris Seago <eljefeweizen@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I replied to the original sender rather than to the list with this
> earlier
> >> post:
> >>
> >> I think it depends on the specific Eurovan. I have a 1997 Eurovan Camper
> >> with 218,000 miles on the original engine and transmission. I took it
> on a
> >> 2500 mile adventure earlier this summer without a hiccup. Highway
> speeds 70
> >> - 75. I averaged right at 20 MPG for the trip.
> >>
> >> Kris S. Seago
> >>
> >>> On Jul 22, 2014, at 7:42 PM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 7/22/2014 6:18 PM, Harry Hoffman wrote:
> >>>> Hi All,
> >>>> Are these are notorious as earlier model years?
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>> Harry
> >>> A buddy of mine had one of their Multivans and that VR6 got him 20MPG
> >>> with the AC on and doing 70 mph.  Haven't talked to him in 12 years
> >>> though, so .....
> >>>
> >>> DM&FS
> >>
>

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Casey