Hey man, From the Vanagon.com list:
 German Motors
2750 Lake Forest Road
Tahoe City, California 96145
530.583.6220
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Located in the Lake Forest
 subdivision� a few miles east
 of Tahoe City, very close
 to the municipal campground
 and beach at Lake Forest as
 well as a county park.

 Ari Ollikainen (AriO@pacbell.net) writes:
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A VW "authorized service" shop and experts on Vanagons (especially of the 
Syncro variety) as well as Audis. Their labor rate is more reasonable than in the 
Bay Area.
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George Ritchey seems to really care about his customers' vehicles... We spent 
a bunch of $$ putting my Wife's '91 Carat right while vacationing at Tahoe, 
last year... a good thing we had two vehicles!
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Report Date: Prior to Nov 2003
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 Robert Larsen (rslarsen@hotmail.com) writes:

I contacted German Motors regarding some work on my Syncro and was told that 
they are "trying to get out of working on vans." They expressed little 
interest in helping me out with my head gaskets, so I took my business elsewhere. I 
have heard nothing but good things about their work, but it might be worth 
checking in with them to see if they still work on vans or not.
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 Report Date: Dec 2003