My 84 Westy hit 200 hundred thousand miles today !

[Krumby]

Yay!!! my 84 westy hit the 200 thousand mile mark today and she still runs like a top !!!

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84 Westy “Betty”
71 bus gone but not forgotten
2015 Harley dyna

[Zeitgeist 13]

I don't think you got the memo, 'cause these vans are unreliable and failure prone. 200k is absurd and a total fabrication. Fake news
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Casey--

'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik?

[Wildthings]

[Krumby]

Of course they are failure prone and unreliable. That’s why I have replaced just about everything over the time I’ve owned it. Some things more than once. But I still love it and it makes me money so all is good
Mahalo
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84 Westy “Betty”
71 bus gone but not forgotten
2015 Harley dyna

[kamzcab86]

Ironic post. My '90 will roll over to 200K in 43-ish more miles. Odometer broke years ago so I won't be able snap a pic of the milestone.

Congrats!
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~Kamz
1986 Cabriolet: www.Cabby-Info.com
1990 Vanagon Westfalia: Old Blue's Blog
2016 Golf GTI S
"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance." - 孔子

[Zeitgeist 13]

I've owned four of these going back over thirty years, and I think all made it past 200k. Unreliable and failure prone has not been my experience in the least. The memo is strong here on the Samba, but not out here in reality.
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Casey--

'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik?

[Ahwahnee]

I can only assume it spent some of it's life somewhere other than Maui.

My other car (now 56 years old) was on Maui for its first 36 years. The original owner lived in Kula and said he only drove it every Saturday night to go bowling in Kahului. Rather low miles when it came to me.

[RainierSyncro]

My imported Syncro has about 90,000 miles on it, while the motor in it (taken from my old trusty '90GL) has about 240,000 miles on it. So averaging it out would make my van at around 165k.

[the joker]

my 84 joker just hit 170,000 km so just breaking in

[khughes]

Well, my Westy made it almost 200K on the original wasserleaker which is very good here in the heat. Tranny made it almost 250K, and would have gone on a ways, but it *really* needed rebuilt with the main bearing retention plate added and I didn't want to waste the case. Now with a new AVH engine, and rebuilt tranny, with the oiling plates and other goodies, it'll outlast me almost assuredly (not necessarily a good thing...).

They are temperamental beasts, and seem to always want *something* done to them, but I've been hooked for >30 years, and can't even imagine not having one to drive. I'd love to have Leno's garage, but if I have to settle for only two vehicles, it's gotta be whatever the wife wants to drive, and my Westy. Sure I'm nuts, but so what?
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'86 Westy FAS GenV Turbo (Marvin)

[stuzbot]

Congratulations.

[levi]

So, that's the stuff what they call British humor, eh? I've heard 'bout it.
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One of these days I'm gonna settle down,
but till I do I won't be hangin round.
Going down that long lonesome highway,
gonna see life my way

https://youtu.be/cSrL0BXsO40

[dhesq]

Did ya put all 200k on it?
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[dobryan]

Dang that is a lot of driving on Maui.
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Dave O
'87 Westy w/ 2002 Subaru EJ25 and Peloquin TBD

"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive." Robert Louis Stevenson

MD>Canada>AK>WA>OR>CA>AZ>UT>WY>SD
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=620646

Building a bus for travel in Europe (euroBus)
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=695371

The Western Syncro build
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=746794

[Krumby]

You would be surprised how much we drive here. I put well over 10,000 miles closer to 15,000 here, Chasing waves all over the island. Camping etc. I also rent the westy out to help pay for my parts habit. That’s been shut off completely since the covid.
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84 Westy “Betty”
71 bus gone but not forgotten
2015 Harley dyna

[Californio]

1987, 424K