Jeff,

Yes, I did have some trouble with them, or am having it now. The
subject line read: rebuilder blames coolant for failure under warranty.

I'll carpool down there for small claims court any day.

Cheers
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Matt
On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 07:45  PM, Oxroad@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/14/2003 7:21:06 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> matthias.k@attbi.com writes:
>
> << The chain of events were almost the same in my case, as was their
>  behavior, confusing contradictory statements etc. Seems definitely
> like
>  a shop to avoid, and take it off any list of recommended/reputable
>  shops anywhere on the internet. >>
>
> Matt-
>
> I missed something. Did you have this trouble with Fast German Auto
> also? If
> that's the case among other things we should both write independent
> letters
> to VW TRENDS magazine where I saw the ad for fast german and suggest
> they no
> longer advertise.
>
> I figures my experience was one bad day, but if this is their standard
> operating procedure they need to be stopped from preying on the
> Vanagon world.
>
> Either way I sorry about your experience. That's where they get you
> "WE are
> professionals. What you screw up with your tinkering in your back yard
> is you
> problem."
>
> It's so darn frustrating. With you in Venice maybe we could car pool
> down--to
> small claims court.
>
> Jeff
>