>
>Toyota's are EASY to work on compared to vw's. They really are very well
>designed cars. Every part is just good enough, no better, no worse,
>although their engines and automatic transmissions are uncommonly well
>built, even compared to the rest of the car.
>
>On a vw, you'll see quality of design and construction all over the map,
>from incredibly excellent, to awfully bad.
>
>Also, mechanics like to do lots of routine maintenence, and they'll get
>more of that with Toyota/Lexus. All in all, your mechanic made an excellent
>business decision.

Oh please, don't you think you might be taking my comments a bit too
seriously?  They are posted to a Vanagon list, not a ToyoLexus list.

DB