You are paying for the extra time their "ignorance factor" will cost them,
and they really don't want to do the job anyway.  They are hoping you will
leave and take your rig with you.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
OlRivrRat
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 10:14 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Gas pedal woes

        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)
>>