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Subject:Re: Whooaaah Nellie!
Date:Tue, 17 Oct 1995 13:49:07 +0500

>Whooaaah Nellie!  I went to my FLAPS last night to price a
>new O2 sensor for my 89 vanagon and they quoted me $120!!!!!!
>Does that sound right to y'all?  I just put on in a friend's
>car for 25 bucks!  Granted the one I priced last night was a
>Bosch and his was some no-name-whatever.
>
>I haven't had the courage to look anywhere else yet.  Any suggestions?
>Should I be scared to call around?
>
>
>
>Ian Webb                      =============
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>
>Ian Webb
>UCCQ@sysm.acs.Virginia.EDU

Yes it does sound right, as mine (for an '87) cost just short of $200 with
the mitigating facts that the bucks were Canuck and the location was St.
John's Newfoundland (which has to make it more expensive, right?). So
figure around $135 US equivalent. Sounds like I didn't get taken at all.

Neil

Neil Wigley
U of Windsor