Touche' Steve and ditto to Joseph, most eloquently stated and we concur.
Owning a Vdub is a state of mind and spirit that an american minivan just
could'nt achieve (no disrespect to those owners intended) and we believe
maintenance is essential!

t and rmb

Joseph J. Liasse wrote:
>I think the operative phrase in your message is;  "The type of maintenance
I
>want to do." If you want to do it, what care you about what  "they" say?
>From your message I take it that you are into things mechanical a little
>more than the rest of us. You apperantly like to mess around with them
while
>the rest of us do so only out of necessity.

Steven X. Schwenk wrote:
>I read Cory's recent observation that all vanagons fall within one of
>three categories with great interest. the categories were something
>like: (1)low mileage not yet in need of repairs; (2) 100,000 mile range

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