Date:         Wed, 23 Sep 1998 01:05:21 -0700
Reply-To:     "Thomas D. Hanlon" <hanran.inc@INTERNETMCI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Thomas D. Hanlon" <hanran.inc@INTERNETMCI.COM>
Organization: The Hanran Enterprises, Inc.
Subject:      Re: Anyone got the Alldata CD-Rom?
Comments: To: David-M <dmc@CYBURBAN.COM>
Comments: cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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David,

I need all the help I can get, so I have the Bentley, the Haynes, the
despised Chilton (Vanagon section Xeroxed illicitly at the the Community
Library) and the ALLdata-CD.  For the $25 that it cost, it is a
reasonable supplement to other sources of information. Much of it is
generic automobile repair information. For a DIYer, I'd suggest, first,
the Haynes, from either busdepot.com, at about $20.00, as I remember
the  price, or from Haynes in the UK via WWW site (from which I obtained
my copy before Ron Salmon stocked them) at about $40.00 as I remember
the price.  Haynes holds your hand.  Bentley presumes that the reader is
a well-trained mechanic an/or VW dealer shop with all of the
VW-recommended tools. Chilton? Well, it helps, too.  "In the land of the
blind, the one-eyed man is king."

Tom Hanlon
Palm Springs, CA
84 Westfalia

David-M wrote:

> Does anyone have the Alldata CD-Rom for the Vanagon?
> I was wondering if it is worthwhile to get it.
>
> Here is the link if you do not know what this is.
>
> http://www.alldata.com/consumer/details.html