On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> And besides, the AAA card won't do you much good when you get it to a shop
> that never learned much about Vanagons �ever anyway.
>
> mo' betta to be 'self-empowered' let's say.
> Even if you don't do the diagnosing yourself .....having some known-good
> units on board can make all the difference in the world.

It's something I need to double check, but I'm pretty sure AAA won't
travel up a dirt road into the forest and tow me out when I'm camped
somewhere off the beaten path. This is the main reason I carry spares
in spite of having a much more reliable engine now. A new part can
fail prematurely.

Neil.

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