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From:brian adams
Date:Thu, 19 Oct 2000 06:47:34 EDT

ATTN!!!
some bad BUS DEPOT vibes to all...
had a coil fire in my 84--you all read about it in some form or another.
ordered a NEW (as Julie told me at the BUS DEPOT) bosch blue coil to replace
any misintentions in the original equipment.  Four days later after having
paid 2 day (not the Depot's fault--I guess??) shipping i get a coil.. Too
bad it has rusty terminals, grease (like old motor accumulated grease--you
know the black s*#t) coating the top with the look of being pulled out of a
junker van (although don't get me wrong--I love junkers and the yards the
come from.  I kept my 80 Rabbit going after buying it for $300 out of
junkyard parts without ever being stranded).  Back to the junker van with
the coil.. I DON"T want to PAY for a "NEW" coil, from a junker bus over the
phone with M/C in hand and shipping included!!!!!!  I can easily go to the
bone yard myself and extract the relic from the beloved brothers of the
yard. But the Bus Depot SELLING me one--and not just one, OVER 150 OF THEM
IN STOCK!!! I talked to the manager ****DAN***** and he told me they even
second guessed selling the coils.  Not that they were bad it's just that
"they are brand new from twenty years ago"  were his exact words.  The BUS
DEPOT even had a whole shelf full of the blues from Mexico.  The GERMAN ones
had to be ordered.  With this company advertising OEM parts, I would hope
they don't mean straight outta some junker old bus.  And with the
availabilty of products over the f#!k$&g net, we all have to watch out for
scams and hacks.  SO all beware--I for one am going to Rocky Mtn. Motorworks
!! PEACE VW
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