Date:         Thu, 15 Mar 2001 21:01:42 -0500
Reply-To:     "The Bus Depot, Inc." <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "The Bus Depot, Inc." <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Coolant hose needed urgently!
Comments: To: dmc@CYBURBAN.COM
In-Reply-To:  <200103160034.TAA11241@mail.lanline.com>
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> My Vanagon has been off the road for 3 weeks with a burst coolant hose.
> My rental car costs so far are over $600.
> The Bus Depot does not have it in stock, so deleted it from my order.
> Vanagain does not respond to emails.
> Does anyone know of another source?


It's a dealer-only hose. That's where we get it from. Check with your local
VW dealer. They do daily parts orders from VW's parts depots for the benefit
of their service department. They pay a premium for those daily shipments,
versus their weekly ones, so they may not be crazy about doing it for you,
but they can do it. However, if it turns out that VW themselves are out of
the hose, then you're sh*t out of luck. ;-(  Odds are VW was sold out when
we ordered them or we'd have gotten one, but they could have received more
by now.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215) 234-VWVW