Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 21:24:14 -0500
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: Volks Cafe and excellent service---
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I found out that don't sell Air Cooled parts.
I sent them a request for about $400.00 worth of hard parts, seals,
gasket set for Type IV engine and never got a word back.
I went back to old reliable xxxxxx .
No vendor bashing!
I spread my buckls around to all of them.
Stan Wilder
On Wed, 22 May 2002 18:20:30 -0700 Joel Cort <joel_cort@YAHOO.COM>
writes:
> Except for their pricing, they have a great web site.
> nice to see the part you are actually buying.
>
> I found their prices slightly higher than other popular list
> vendors.
>
> Joel
> 89 Syncro Westy
> Rochester NY
>
> --- Steve Blackham <ssblackh@QWEST.NET> wrote:
> > Ditto: Aren't they great to deal with? Just wish they carried
> AC
> > parts. Spent the whole day getting the necessary parts, seals,
> > oils
> > etc to retrofit my 87 and 91 vanagons. Soon as I get the job
> done
> > successfully I'll post to the list the required parts, and
> vendors.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 23:41:27 -0500
> > From: "Terry K." <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
> > Subject: Volks Cafe and excellent service---
> >
> > I just got done replacing my front rotor's, bearings, races, and
> > pads-----on my 87 Westy----
> > I noticed a taxi cab squeal out of the front brakes----- when
> > applied---
> >
> > The pads were OEM pads, and just weren't right----
> >
> > I e-mailed the folks at the cafe--and peter, the owner , got back
> > to me,
> > and mentioned that he has had a few complaints of the same
> > nature----
> >
> > So in his reply, he is sending me another set of pads NC to
> replace
> > the
> > squeaky one's---nice service----no phone calls, no poor answer's,
> > no
> > evasive tactics---
> >
> > I then did my rear shoes and cut the drums----but I made a big
> > mistake---I got the shoes from NAPA-----
> >
> > I installed them,and as I was looking at the old shoes, and the
> new
> > ones--there was something wrong----
> >
> > The new shoes, were rebuilt backwards--
> >
> > Backwards by having the short lining on the front shoe, and the
> > long
> > lining on the emergency brake shoe side----
> >
> > So I contacted the Volks Cafe----and they verified my
> > thoughts---and I
> > ordered the correct shoes, as well as new drums----
> >
> > The 2 drums cost me less than one drum I could get locally---and
> > they
> > are OEM---
> >
> > Nice folks, real good people to do business with, and I will do
> > more
> > purchasing of parts from them, just for the simple reason, they
> > follow
> > through with what they promise---real good PR---
> >
> > And they notify yo when the parts have left their facility, with
> a
> > UPS
> > tracking number, so you know when to expect the parts----
> >
> > Just my observations---
> >
> > Later,
> >
> > ______________
> > |[ ] [ ] [ ]\
> > | | | |
> > ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-|
> >
> > Terry--
> >
> > "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom"
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > --
>
>
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