Key words = Fully Restored.....they are nice Westy's...but not Fully Restored..... On Sep 4, 2005, at 8:42 AM, John Bange wrote: >> >> I think there is a newly renamed dealership in Van Nuys, CA....if this >> is the one I'm thinking about....I'd forget IT....! > > > But read the customer testimonials! > > "A week after I got my van, I took it from Valencia, CA all the way to > Phenox, AZ and it drove like a champ! On one of the 12 hour streches, I > looked down to see how fast my Westy was going. I was astonished to > see the > 90 MPH read out." > > I'd get that speedometer adjusted if I was him. It's lying pretty > hard! PS: > it's spelled "Phoenix". I don't know which is worse. Him misspelling it > originally, or them posting it and not knowing. > > "This van was no joke at all. I have only had one problem since. After > telling Kevin what was happening with my car over the phone, he told > me it > must be the idle slave cylender " > > Idle slave cylinder...yeah, that's it. Your figgin-cam lobe extension > is a > bit wobbly too. I suggest a manual transmission filter change and > timing > belt replacement. I'm not sure which is more suspicious: that they > call the > idle stabilizer valve a "slave cylinder", or that they diagnosed it > over > then phone. > > > For every kind of salesman there is a customer, though. > Or a PT Barnum put it, there's a sucker born every minute. > |
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