> Thanks Jeff for the kind words. I was coming from my parking garage not my
> mechanic. But I agree, at times when I picked my van the mechanic sometimes
> things would off and had to go back to have him fix it. I had at the mechanic
> about 4 months earlier to have general maintenance done including an oil
> change and filter change.
>
> Thanks again,
> Robert
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>
> Robert,
>
> So sorry to hear of your loss! As I read it, I felt,
> as I'm sure many others here did, the sense of
> disaster and catastrophe of standing by and watching
> as you lost your beloved Vanagon.
>
> I am struck that this devastating fire occurred, as
> you say, "ten minutes" after leaving your mechanic's
> shop.
>
> I'm no conspiracy theorist, and am typically the first
> to take the blame for my own disasters in life. But
> over the years, I've seen many so-called "mechanics"
> leave dangerous loose ends under the hood of my cars
> and those of others. In fact, I've come to feel that
> the first few miles immediately following a repair,
> whether by myself or a paid mechanic, are often the
> most dicey, considering that someone was just messin'
> around down there and might have left any manner of
> unfinished business.
>
> To be sure, our vans are all getting on in years, and
> rubber fuel lines are the first to succumb to the
> ravages of time, so replacement may have prevented
> this horrible event. But mechanic negligence is just
> one more point to consider if you decide to perform a
> post-mortem on your recently departed Vanagon.
>
> With sympathies, and wishing you well in any future
> Vanagon relationships.
>
> Jeffrey Earl
> 1983 diesel Westfalia "Vanasazi"
>
>
>
>
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