Date:         Sat, 27 Sep 2014 15:54:41 -0500
Reply-To:     Larry Chase <roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Larry Chase <roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM>
Subject:      VW Shop Reviews at Roadhaus.com
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Volks

Thank you for your support and contributions of reviews to the Roadhaus.com VW Shop Reviews database.

http://www.roadhaus.com/shops.php

In December of 2003, in Rapid City, SD, in a snow storm with single digit temps, the Roadhaus decided it would be a 
good time to burn a piston and need a partial engine rebuild.

Thanks to input from a local list member, I got her towed to a great shop, Import Service owned by Rocky Stetler.

It became clear that I was going to be there a while, camping in the Roadhaus at night and in their tiny customer 
waiting room during the day.

I remember thinking, "I sure wish we had an online database of VW Bus friendly shops in North America"-- a tool 
that bus travelers could use to locate a trustworthy mechanic while in an unfamiliar town.

So during that 2-3 week period, I spent several hours a day working on the 1st version of the Roadhaus's 
"VW BUS / VAN / EUROVAN & RIALTA SHOP REVIEWS" database:

I think Version One had 25-50 shops scattered across the U.S.

Most of the early data came from Ron Lussier's Vanagon.com & Steve Schwenk's Syncro.org web sites, with their 
permission, of course.

Fortunately I included a link where shop customers could submit reviews of their experiences with a given shop.

Thanks to your support and ongoing submittals of Shop Reviews .... this database now has 1051 VW Shops & 4176 
Reviews for the USA, Canada & a bit of Mexico.

And it continues to grow every week.  Please keep the reviews coming at:

http://www.roadhaus.com/shops.php


Good adventures,

larry & maggie