I test drove a 93 before buying an 83 and found it shifted poorly.  It was
an automatic.  I purchased an 83 automatic instead.  I decided on the 83
after calling around and finding out a transmission job is $4,000.00 on the
93s.

Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: Trace Choulat <eurovan@JUNIX.JU.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 2:48 PM
Subject: 93 Eurovan Automatic Transmission?

> Hello all, I have been off the list for over two years now and have
> desperately missed all the good advice.
>
> The big news is that my van got crushed by a tree.  So now it has a new
> roof, side, window, headliner, paint etc.
>
> To the transmission issue.  I went to see about trading my van in today
> on a 99 model and after "test driving" my van the dealer is insisting
> that the transmission is failing.  Of course these are the same people
> that could not even tell me what year my van was, but magically they are
> able to diagnose imminent transmission failure by driving it around the
> block.
>
> I will admit it shifts hard, it has since the day I bought it in 1995.
> Since then I have put about 50,000 miles on it with no signs of trouble
> (current mileage is 88,000.)
>
> Nothing seems wrong to me.  Am I possibly missing something?  I have test
> driven other Eurovans (93 models) and if I recall correctly they all shift
> that way.
>
> Any ideas, comments or suggestions regarding this would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Trace
> -- '93 MV
>
> Also accepting any smartaleck comments toward the dealer.  :)