Dear Readers,

I return to the list again for help. This time its major (as if a leaky gas
tank isn't). I have been told by a local brake specialist that I need to
have every brake component mounted on the wheels (front and rear) replaced.
Looking at it, I'm afraid he's right. I've been quoted a price of $881.79
by the place that actually looked at it and $775 by another place that my
wife said her father had looked into for me. There's a local VW specialist
that says both those prices are way out of line, but I haven't taken it
over there yet to let him look at it.

Here's the question for those of you who may have been through this: Is it
worth the $50 or more it is going to cost me to have the van towed to the
specialist? Or, does $800 sound about right to replace all wheel-level
brake components?

Thanks,
Joe Denison