I have a 2056 that will be getting repaired. I also will have another gt2056v in about a week, but it is spoken for by cyrus.
I don't have one, but would certainly prefer the "V" especially in a vanagon.
That would be nice but I have an mTDI and am not sure I want to tackle the extra work of getting the VNT to work. Now that you mention it I'll go back a review all the posts on it.