Considering purchase of an 88 vanagon, about 110,000 miles.  Manual
transmission.  Not a camper.

I vaguely recall that some of the vanagons have an insanely expensive
and complex exhaust system -- would that include the 88 models?

How do they hold up?  I had a '91 Jetta that made it to 190K miles
without any major problems before I sold it.

This one has a tow ball on the back; what is the towing capacity?

Many thanks,

Allan