Did anyone mention bigger brakes in the later models?

 I would also argue that VW never put an adequate motor in that model.
IMNSHO, that waterboxer thingie should never have happened.

  I am racking up miles on a used Canadian I-4 ABA engine of unknown
pedigree that's a workhorse. Apply gasoline, change the oil every once in a
while, filters, plugs, cap rotor, and drive it.  A couple of bottles of
Subaru  OEM coolant system conditioner, P/N SOA63571 took care of
occasional coolant adds.

 Will most likely be at Circle Yer Wagens this weekend, Seveirville,
Tennessee, USA at the fairgrounds, in a beat up split window sporting a
Mass plate out front.

Geo/ATL

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Roland <syncronicity1@gmail.com> wrote:

> There are 3 things I really like about the later Vanagons (an '89 Bluestar
> was our family car with 3 kids for 10 years):
> 1.  power door locks -- I cannot imagine my wife walking around the van to
> lock it and then unlock it each time she went running errands with the
> kids.
> 2.  the Carat models with jump seats and the fold up table -- a huge value
> add to the experience of Vanagoning.
> 3.  the fiberglass bumper cladding -- I know it is personal taste, but I
> think it improved the looks.
>
> Honorable mention -- power passenger side window, makes it much easier to
> tune the airflow.
>
> For the most part, these features are all on my current Vanagon I still
> very much appreciate them.
>
> Roland
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Higginbotham, David A. <
> dhigginbotham@hazenandsawyer.com> wrote:
>
> > I know that it is accepted that the later year vanagons are better than
> > the earlier vanagons, why? Not wanting to open up a can of worms here,
> but
> > I am curious what were the various improvements made to the vanagons
> > between 1980 and 1991. Is there a comprehensive list somewhere that
> someone
> > has compiled that lists these changes? I vaguely remember something
> > mentioned about something like this here on the list a number of years
> ago
> > but I have slept since then.
> >
> > David Higginbotham
> > 82 Westy (back on the road WHOOHOOO!!)
> > Silk Hope, NC
> >
>