Martin, thanks for the advise. I ended up going to Vincent VW/Buick. I argued with the service manager and the mechanic, oops, I mean service technician, and they stood firm on their 5 hour labor estimate. They made it sound like I was insulting their intelligence, I was, by questioning the estimate. Their suggestion was that I do the job myself. Should have !! Since the van was at Vicents and damn near out of coolant and an unhappy boss man in New Jersey, I opted to have them do it. In the end the service manager said he was going to cut me a break and charge me $45/hr instead of their usual $64/hr. Yes, I repeat, $64/hr. I think I will call VWofA just to let them know what wonderful dealerships they have. Probably won't do me any good but what the hell. 5 hours labor @ $45/hr ...............$225 Parts(hose,coolant,oil & filter)......$ 90 Total..........................................$338
I guess this the proverbial HOSE JOB!! BTW It did snow in Rochester on Sat. nite. Up to 4" near Syracuse!! Boy do I miss California. Scott Curtis SCURTIS269@aol.com Process Engineer, Tenneco Packaging 90 Westfalia 85 BMW 325E 85 Volvo 240 SW
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