Andrew Grebneff wrote: > Tried to price parts at my local VW dealer. Though Vanagons were never sold > in New Zealand the dealer has a parts CD, but cannot locate parts unless a > chassis # is provided. > > This means if I want to check the price locally against the US price, say > of a 1987 tachometer, I cannot do it, because they have no way of finding > the correct entry without a 1987 chassis #, which of course I don't have. > > Anyone know of a way around this? Is the dealer just being lazy? The Subaru > agent has told me the same thing. I have never heard of this, the local dealer sure doesn't need this, but you can borrow mine if you want to. I can just move a number or two, will they ever know? I doubt that! PerL 87 Syncro 112i |
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