On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > And besides, the AAA card won't do you much good when you get it to a shop > that never learned much about Vanagons ever anyway. > > mo' betta to be 'self-empowered' let's say. > Even if you don't do the diagnosing yourself .....having some known-good > units on board can make all the difference in the world.
It's something I need to double check, but I'm pretty sure AAA won't travel up a dirt road into the forest and tow me out when I'm camped somewhere off the beaten path. This is the main reason I carry spares in spite of having a much more reliable engine now. A new part can fail prematurely. Neil.
-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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