> > I would be curious to know how many owners of the VW vans have actually
> > gone extended periods or high-mileages without having to do anything
> > execept routine maintenence to their vehicles. Perhaps this will redress
> > the balance in my mind and restore my faith in them.

i havene't touched my van in 6 months and nothing has gone wrong with it
yet.  the fact that the van hasn't run in about 6 months is not relevant
nor is the fact that a chevy engine is being placed in the van at this
time.

anyway, what i am trying to say(even though you might not be able to
realize this from my above statement) is that any car which you get will
have its quirks. the only thing that is garanteed is that the engine oil
well be changed every 2 to 3 thousand miles, and tune-upswill be performed
everyso often.  another thing is that if you don't act now, you most
probably never get a chance to own a vanagon/eurovan as we know it today.
how i come up with this, is that many bad people are tryingvery hard to
get rid of old cars because tey feel that old cars are "obsolete"

anyway, get the van. nuff' said!

Sudhir H. Desai                         1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6
cdes@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu            1996 Subaru Outback 2.2 liter flat-4
sudhir_desai@geocities.com              1997 Jeep Cherokee 4.0 liter I-6
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