George, my philosphy stems from an old Kenny Roger's song.  "You got to
know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away,
know when to run..."

Since the folks here at Van-Again are not only parts sellers but
mechanics we are always actually using and installing the things we
sell.  I don't like returns from parts sales, I don't like customer's
bringing their vans back.  Thankfully I can say that we have a very low
rate of both.  It is because we choose the best quality part that we can
for the job or for our customers based on our experience with those
parts.  If a part (like the Napa fuel hose in question) has failed us in
the past we like to share this information with others.  It says "Made
in the USA" in big white letters on it.  It is garbage.  On the other
hand I just got a customer's van in my shop that I installed one of our
fuel line kits on seven years ago.  The hose is still in very good
condition with no signs of leaking.  The proof is in the pudding.

Sometimes the best quality part out there comes from Turkey or Brazil or
Poland or England or France.  I hate to tell you this but each of these
countries I just mentioned are suppliers for VW and I have seen these
country names actually engraved, raised, or imprinted on VW parts from
the dealer.  One lady got upset with me a couple of weeks ago because
some of the coolant hoses for her 1.9l Automatic came from Turkey
instead of Germany.  They were VW!  There is no other source for them.
She should be happy they can still be had at all.

Hope this clears things up for you a bit.

Ken Wilford
www.vanagain.com
John 3:16

THX0001@aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 11/15/04 6:11:45 PM, kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET writes:
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><< My kits use only German high
>pressure fuel line. >>
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>I thought you subscribed to the ever popular and often repeated notion that
>the country of origin of van parts neither can be predicted nor makes any
>difference.
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>George
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