i want to know how whomever got 500k out of an air-cooled vw engine...
seriously, keep your chevies, pontiacs and buicks.
i love my beetle to pieces(heh heh... restoration joke...get it...GET IT?!
) but even john muir will tell you flat out. a rebuild every 125k. at least its cheap...
1998 neon 2.0dohc v. 2000 chevalier 2.2 v. 1979 240d 2.4...
neon- head gasket failure, sunroof failure, drivers window failure(break in-- glass bits broke the regulator..)
chevalier- complete cooling system failure at 70k, resulted in a complete engine rebuild. its a cousins car, i know she was only halfway through paying for it when it needed the engine rebuilt...
1979 240d-- no engine troubles at 144k, pretty bad blow-by though. im going to field a guess that the mileage isnt accurate for this to be so...
they all have advantages and disadantages. but i honestly cant tell you the advantages of owning an antique 2.2 gm engine. it isnt overly efficient, overly powerful or overly long lived. the neon is aging far better than the chevy. the benz better than both.
my original response was going to be...
"takes the bait an leaves the hook" but i couldnt resist..