That's a really big question. . .depending on how many people work at
a particular shop you may find some do better work then others. I'm
new to the van lifestyle but an lucky to have a few good shops in the
area. That said I've found with both my cars Saab and VW that the
best work is done by a small shop. The down sides to this can be
slower turn around and higher prices on some parts due less inventory.

The problems with the bigger chain type places I find is the people
here don't care. In may cases it's a shame because the equipment they
have can be much nicer then the independent shop could buy.

JFF

>I know a lot of us do what repair work we can on our Vanagons.  I am
>wondering where you go when you are not able to do the repair.   For
>instance, can Midas do a brake job?  Can Sears do a front end alignment?
>Is the Vanagon so specialized that a franchise shop will screw it up or
>can you rely on them to do miscellaneous tasks like this? My VW guy put
>brakes on my Vanagon and screwed them up royally.  I'm not sure I want
>him to do anything but engine work in the future.
>
>Larry P.
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