All imported parts have drastically increased in price due to the falling dollar. Not just VW. Hold on to your hats. I've been dealing with many parts doubling or tripling in cost. Worse is VW now getting $46 for valve covers. List used to be ~$16. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Aaron Pearson Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 4:54 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: high-dollar pipes my mechanic just told me that the dealer wants $225 for the return plastic coolant pipe. wtf??? vanagain.com has them for $214. did prices just go up? i swear i saw them for ~$150 a few weeks ago. his theory is that vw is trying to force people to give up on the vanagon so they start buying eurovans, and the t5 that they will eventually bring to us. aaron '87 syncro gl |
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