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Date:         Wed, 26 Jan 2000 19:01:01 +0100
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
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From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: VW Trends and Eurospec STILL LACK of power... Ignorance
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A & C Grobey wrote:

> He did feel that the problem was more pervasive in the US > but he wasn't sure why. He wrote it off saying that US mechanics don't know > what they are doing on German autos.

I dont believe that US mechanics as a general are totally incompetent when coming to German cars (although many are) but it could be that the water on the North American continent have a quite different substance or character (I don't know the specific term) that causes different or more violent corrosion on heads and gaskets.

PerL 87 Syncro 112i


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