In a message dated 96-05-20 09:17:38 EDT, SNewland@symantec.com (Scott
Newland) writes:

> Currently there are four 88-90 Westalia Automatics for sale in the bay 
>     area.  I know they slow down an already slow vehicle, 

My wife's automatic 88 isn't particularly slow compared to a manual trans.  I
think there's really not much of a difference.

>but I was wanting feedback on longivity and reliability.  

We have about 110,000 miles with no auto trans problems at all.

Jim Davis
87 GL Syncro
88 GL Wolfsburg