Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 09:41:57 -0400
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From: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject: Re: Last call for Factory 2.1 liter waterboxer engines....
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> A friend of mine has 24 2.1 liter waterboxer engines straight
> from south africa. He is selling them to vanagon.com list
> members for 2,300 plus shipping. So if you call.. tell John
> that you are part of the vanagon.com mailing list. They come
> set up for a manual transmission and include... new oil
> cooler,water pump,flywheel and oil pressure switches. And
> also come with a new thermostat. See the link below for info
> and number to call to order. Reason i am saying last call
> is.. they will soon be sold to other vanagon vendors.. which
> i am sure will mark up the price as they have to make money...
Actually we do have them - but for the same $2300 price, not more.
http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=025100771VW
As many of you know, we also sell the AVP-rebuilt engines, which I have
always highly recommended and are cheaper ($1749.95). So now you have a
choice.
The advantages of the genuine one are...
1) No core deposit. This means you can keep your old engine for future
rebuilding, and will not have to ship it back (so you save about $100 on
shipping).
2) VW has been known in the past to use a lot of new parts in their
remans. While there is no way of being sure, it would not surprise me if
the rebuilt engines actually had new heads and/or other new internals
rather than reground.
3) While the AVP engines take roughly 10 days to be built, the genuine
one can ship sooner since it's already built and crated.
4) It's a genuine VW factory engine, which is very hard to come by these
days (especially at this price).
The negatives? The VW rebuild is pricier than the AVP rebuild yet has a
much shorter warranty. The importer (not us) backs it for 90 days,
whereas AVP backs theirs for 12 months/12,000 miles (and has an
exemplary record of standing behind them in my experience).
Which is the better choice? It's your call. Personally I chose the AVP
engine when I needed one for my own Vanagon, and don't regret it. It's
been a great engine. But there are plenty of people who simply like to
go "factory" whenever possible, and there's nothing wrong with that
either. At this price (much cheaper than before) it is a viable
alternative.
- Ron Salmon
The Bus Depot, Inc.
www.busdepot.com
(215) 234-VWVW
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