Naah!  Violas, saxophones, and bagpipes.  

Darryl is a pretty typical listmember with an extraordinary skill set. 

Karl Wolz
Sent from my electronic umbilicus

On Feb 8, 2012, at 6:09 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Besides being really nice!
> 
> Lots of folks on this list go above and beyond.  I won't list names - but
> I'm sure all of you can think of the folks who have helped you or
> entertained you or helped other folks or become good friends or just been a
> good part of the community.  Certainly I can.
> 
> Thanks to all of you!
> 
> (cue the violins...  ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> Joy
> 
> 
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Mark Tuovinen <aksyncronaut@gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> I will second that, Daryl goes above and beyond!
>> 
>> Mark in AK
>> `87 Westy Syncro
>> 
>> P S  Of course I have to say nice things about him or he will part out or
>> sell our van which he is storing until we can retrieve it after our 5800
>> mile month long road trip
>> 
>> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Larry Chase <roadguy@roadhaus.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Volks,
>>> 
>>> Sorry to clog your inboxes with yet another story about outstanding
>>> customer service from Daryl of AA Transaxle,  but it just has to be done
>> :)
>>> 
>>> Further apologies to those who where involved or know of these recent
>>> events.
>>> 
>>> Like many others, Maggie & I have been looking forward to attending Buses
>>> by the Bridge 2012 in Lake Havasu City, AZ, for months.
>>> 
>>> On Friday 12/30 I left Oklahoma heading towards BBB 2012 with a few
>>> planned detours first.
>>> 
>>> About 580 miles later,  a bit East of Albuquerque,  the roadhaus's
>> tranny
>>> locked up in 4th gear.
>>> 
>>> We all know that sick feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when a
>>> hugely anticipated trip is stalled on the side of the road.
>>> 
>>> The plan had been to pick up Maggie at the Las Vegas airport on Saturday
>>> 1/7 and join several friends gathering at the Valley of
>>> Fire State Park, just north of Vegas, that night.
>>> 
>>> To explore that area  and a few others and head to Havasu for BBB on
>>> Thursday 1/11.
>>> 
>>> But there I  am on the side of I-40 feeling pretty down.
>>> 
>>> In a Hail Mary move I place a call to Daryl, just caught him as he was
>>> leaving the shop.
>>> 
>>> Remember .. this is Friday night of New Years Holiday weekend.
>>> 
>>> After explaining the situation, Daryl calmly says and I quote " Gotcha
>>> covered. You WILL be there.. that’s an order and I will do
>>> whatever is in my power to make it so"
>>> 
>>> Really, I say, yup he replies.
>>> 
>>> The sick feeling is suddenly gone as Darryl explains that he has an extra
>>> Syncro core and will begin the rebuild the next day.
>>> 
>>> And to just let him know where to ship it for the R&R.
>>> 
>>> Long Story Short ... I had a new transaxle in my hands a couple of days
>>> later, two days for the install in Santa Fe (thks  to Thom at European
>>> AutoWerks)
>>> and I was on my way again.
>>> 
>>> Picked up Maggie at the Vegas airport on Saturday and joined our friends
>>> as planned.
>>> 
>>> Absolutely amazing ... thanks to Daryl.
>>> 
>>> BTW .. complete trip report to follow soon.
>>> 
>>> Definition of "Soon" .. within the next 30 days :)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> larry
>>> roadhaus.com
>>