> You can get them from Bus Depot for a much more reasonable price than from
> the dealer.

> That is true ($40 vs $50 or $60), but it is still expensive for a strap of
> metal.
>
> The funny thing is, when I called bus depot, they told me that the muffler
> strap is a dealer only item and they get the strap from the dealer.  It
> didn't make sense.

Sure it does.  I buy a whole lot more of 'em than you do, so I pay less.
(Your VW dealer _can_ discount below the VW retail price; he's just not
particularly inclined to if you're ordering a single muffler strap as
opposed to dozens at a time.)   Also, I get some from out of Germany, at a
still lower cost, and base my selling price on an average of the costs.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  (215) 234-VWVW
  www.busdepot.com

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