--- Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET> wrote: > Anywhere in the world you can find a mechanic that will know how to work on the inline four VW > motors, and if you don't want to bother fixing it, should it ever break, just get > another from the junkyard for a few hundred bucks.. EXACTLY why I'm going with the 1.9 TDI next time I'm in Europe. Actually I did have a 1.6 TD timing belt break and leave me stranded near Beni Mellal, Morocco, and just as you said, the local Renault dealer found another engine and installed it for less then $1,000 and I was back on the road in 3 days. The story is much longer, and much more interesting, but .......... Malcolm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
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