Dan,

My understanding is that you CAN get a Bosch one for a decent price BUT
minus the long wiring harness for the Vanagon. I bought one from VanCafe
and spliced it into the existing harness . This was sold that way to
save costs but IT is the correct Bosch model. I'd have a look at their
site and see if they still offer this option.

-john

On 7/25/14 9:55 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
>    I am replacing what's almost surely a failing O2 sensor in my inline VW
> motored van and I wanted to see what the List take is on O2 sensors.
> There is a pretty wild difference in cost.   But they seem to be simple
> things and every car has a few now a days, not many of them seem to fail
> too often...
>    Is it worthwhile spending nearly a hundred bucks for a Bosch to put into
> my van, or can I use a generic autoparts store brand and expect to get a
> few years of service from that and much less cost?
>
>    What say ye? and thanks
>    Don Hanson