My experience with my local VW dealership is very
different. My local dealer has never made me pay up
front for any parts, so I can order parts by phone.
They have unlocked VW radios for me and printed out
whatever pages of the ETKA that I asked for and faxed
them to me. They run VIN numbers through the VW
service computer to check maintenance histories of
vehicles I was looking at purchasing.

This dealers prices for comparable items are usually
about 15-20% higher than on-line vendor pricing, but
since the dealer doesn't charge me for shipping, the
actual price difference is less. I can usually get
anything from the dealer within two days of asking
them for it. They even call me when the parts are in
house!

Plus, there are actually a couple of mechanics at this
dealer that have actually worked on a Vanagon and are
willing to answer any questions I have about the van
or my Jetta.

What did I do for them? I bought one new car from them
and buy parts from them regularly.

Thanks,

Tim

--- rea <fliptop92@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote:
> I'm amazed that the dealer even ordered it without
> you paying for it first.
> The local dealer won't order anything unless it's
> paid for in full first.

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Tim Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
Winter Park, Florida
http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers
http://photos.yahoo.com/tjhannink [Vanagon] Album

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