Re: Looking for Vanagon Mechanic in Mobile, AL areaHmmm... New Albany, Ohio... I have a friend who lives on the NE side of Columbus.  While going to visit him this fall, I found a garage with one of those high-roofed Vanagons (Adventurewagen?) outside and a full blown Westy sitting in one of the bays.  I stopped to say hello, but there was no one around.

Dave in KC
85 Westy
http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Stephen Steele 
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
  Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 8:01 PM
  Subject: Re: Looking for Vanagon Mechanic in Mobile, AL area

  > Do not be afraid of dealerships. It is a myth that they charge more. These 
  > days everyone has to be competitive.

  William:
  <myth>
  HA  Ha  ha ha ha ha ha ha!
  If I understand correctly ...you hail from New Albany... who could you possibly mean?
  You can't be speaking of Byers Imports nearby to New Wexlertown  and surely not the Georgesville Rd. dealership; or perhaps the crosstown  MAG in Triplin ( used to be Dublin).  In my fifteen years' experience with VW  vans, the first two of these places shied from Vanagons when they were much newer. Because of this they sold VERY FEW vans and know next to nothing about them now.  MAG, while capable at Vanagon repairs, is very expensive ($2K for new heads in 1995 for PO).
  Try getting a real estimate from any of several fine private repair shops in central OH and then compare!
  LOL! !! !!!
  ROTFL!!!!!!!
  And it's not even Friday! 
  -- 
  Stephen
  Chillicothe OH

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