Sure shops have to make a living but that is just HiwayRobbery in the
1st degree ~ they

know you are stuck & they are taking full advantage.

                                                        ORR

On 6 Sep , 2012, at 9:09 PM, mark drillock wrote:

> The shop has to make a living I guess. You can do it yourself in much
> less than a hour and the part is cheap.
>
> http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/search?keywords=accelerator+cable&x=0&y=0
>
> Mark
>
> David M wrote:
>> Gas pedal was acting funny for a few days. Take off from rest real
>> slow. Should have looked at it, but didn't. Today entering a
>> freeway the pedal went to the floor and I barely moved, van just
>> idled. Managed to pull over to the left in the triangular area
>> between the freeway and the on-ramp. Waited an hour for AAA.
>> Fortunately my a/c saved me in the 100 degree AZ heat. Got towed to
>> a close by but non-VW shop. They say it's a broken cable and will
>> be $250 and 2 days to fix. Expensive cable. Think its time to get
>> my belts replaced. I'm on a run of bad luck.
>>
>> -David (1987 Wolfsburg)
>>