Steve,
Your post is obviously worth quite a lot less than 2 cents.  I'm figuring
completely worthless actually.  The volkwagon 1.6 diesel is obviously every
bit as good as the Benz or Cat diesel, as it's been successfully used in
hundreds of thousands if not millions of rabbits and jetta worldwide, many
of which are still running.  If the engine failed in the Vanagon aplication
it might have been because the owners tried to make it perform like it's
higher rpm gasoline cousin.  These engines will not live long at 5000 rpm.
But I'm soooooo tired of obviously pretty ignorant people continuing to feed
the misconception that volkswagon diesels are somehow underpowered junk.  A
few months ago I towed a broken  diesel vanagon from Philadelphia to
Cleveland with my 1.6 litre rabbit pick-up turbo-diesel.  Could a gas
engined rabbit have done the same thing?
Keep your two cents!!!  You'll need it when fuel prices start to rise.
thoma

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Broomhead <broom-sr@SWBELL.NET>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Sunday, May 24, 1998 3:13 AM
Subject: Re: Used Diesel Vanagon Popularity in Europe?

>Examine the statement and you get two possible outcomes:
>
>#1  diesels are gaining popularity, fuel prices, torque for steep streets,
etc
>              OR
>#2 the VW diesels do not withstand the punishment meted them.  A lot like
the
>Oldsmobile diesel of the early 80's with their breakdown and high repair
>cost..  Maybe they cannot make diesels like Mercedes or Catapillar.
>
>.00002 cents worth 8~}
>
>S. Broomhead
>
>Marvin Westenburg wrote:
>
>> When I picked up my '82 diesel in Hanover, we took a factory tour. The
tour
>> guide said that 80 per cent  of their production was diesel.
>>
>> Marve
>>  <><
>> '82 diesel Vanagon
>> '95 EVC
>
>