I hope everyone will realize I was just teasing about the 'what a scam - go camping with other vanagons to get yours fixed'............ it wasn't a put down or anything like that............just playfulness. No need to be too serious all the time. !~ Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Potts" <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:37 AM Subject: Re: The Value Of a Mechanic That Knows the Vanagon
> Hi Loren, > > I agree 100% with both of your main points. I just felt obliged to > respond to the campout maintenance comment since I attend a lot of > campouts and also run TCWBC and BOTC. > > I do as much work as possible on my own vans, and I try to do as much as > possible BEFORE a road-trip. I have a local shop that is > Vanagon-friendly and Frank Condelli is not nearly so local but has a > well-seasoned ear that I can lean on when I need it. > > My local shop (Nick's Auto Clinic in SW Scarborough) is excellent. Sure, > Nick can be a bit crusty at times, usually when he thinks you've caused > the problem by trying to rethink or patch up the original system instead > of repairing it properly. A lot of the time he's right. I send my bus > and vanagon there when it's a repair I don't have tools for, don't have > time for or just can't handle it. (Ie, water pump repair in February). > My parents do the same with their vanagons. > > It is a nice thing to have a vanagon mechanic available when you need > one. Even with this list, I still need some extra help from time to time. > > > Happy Trails, > > Greg Potts > 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" > 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop > www.busesofthecorn.com > www.pottsfamily.ca > > > Loren Busch wrote: >> Got to jump back in on this thread I started and that seems to have >> drifted >> a bit. >> First, I read the comment about 'so bring your Vanagon to a VW event for >> repair' as a tongue in cheek comment and not meant seriously. Second I >> had >> two points to make in the original post: The value of a top mechanic that >> really know the vehicle and the fact that many problems (and I mean many) >> that occur in older vehicles like ours are really very simple but the >> tendency is to assume major problems and start replacing parts, sometimes >> expensive parts, and hope the problem will go away. Loooking back at my >> original message I don't think I emphasized that second point very well. >> Now back to the regularly scheduled programing.... >> > > > -- |
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