awwwww........would'nt you know it...........last year after driving hours thru the desert of baja, my van broke down just as i reached a town.......and right across from a mech shop too......once in a life time expereince says me............just like hitting a jackpot..............james Mike Collum wrote: ><snip> My thoughts are ether get it to a good shop in the area, or rent >a U-haul and tow her home. <snip> > >Good shop in the area? Don't you know that, when traveling, Vanagons >never break near a good shop? Besides, in the 12 years that I've been a >V'gon owner, the only time one of mine's been worked on by "Others" is >when I've had the A/C recharged. I subscribe to the theory that nobody >else (typically) is going to care enough to do the quality job that I >would do > >As to towing ... the only times I've had problems, that required >extensive mechanical attention, (which actually have been few, by the >way) I've been over a thousand miles from home. Being somewhere between >cheap and on a budget (not to mention the attitude of self sufficiency), >I've always opted to tackle the thing myself. An exception would be if >the transmission went out. Then I would still handle it myself if I >were just swapping in another one. > >If you join the AIRS list ... you might opt to be towed to a nearby >listee's place where you can do the work unmolested. If you breakdown >anywhere near where I live, my driveway (or my friend's barn) is your >best bet as no area mechanics, that I know of, speak any V'gon and >certainly not W'boxer. > >Some of us pay through the wallet .... some of us pay through sweat. >.... and some of us pay through the wallet only to find, a few miles >down the road, that the job has to be redone. > >Mike > |
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