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Re: [T3] I must part with my car :-(


I don't know what it is about these weird little cars
of ours but something gets in our blood(in fact it's
probably the exhaust, I know my vee dubbs have always
been smelly LOL!) Your story is so real it's scary.
These cars were designed to be so simple to maintain
that no mechanic should ever have any issues with
keeping them running. For God sake there only a little
more complex then a basic lawn mower. Nothing sucks
more then knuckleheads that should know what they are
doing but don't, and nothing happens to them.  At my
job, I'm expected to handle my BIZ and if I don't It's
my ass. What ever happen to accountability?? Good luck
and hope your very picky with who you let parent your
baby. Maybe you should screen the new owner.lol     

--- Jennifer Sawyer <alakazam@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, I don't particularly trust them to properly
> install the carbs
> either. I don't even trust them to order the right
> type.
> Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to bring the car home
> because my
> landlord said it can't be here. I wasn't able to
> work on it here
> either. I've never seen anyone have so much trouble
> putting an engine
> in a VW before. I've never seen it take more than a
> day actually,
> unless someone took extensive breaks or something.
> Once a friend and I
> swapped a Bug engine out in a parking lot in an
> hour! (semi-long but
> funny story)Ok Bugs are a lot easier, but
> still..they're all made to
> be at least somewhat easily worked on. I brought the
> car to these guys
> because I couldn't find another shop that would take
> it. Actually they
> did a great job with simple things like oil changes
> and that was why I
> eventually trusted them with more major repairs. I
> was mistaken.
> 
> I would love to talk to a lawyer and get something
> going with this,
> but I don't have the energy or resources to pursue
> this with the other
> legal issue I have going on. At this point I'm just
> glad that it's
> able to be parked there and I'm hoping to find a
> buyer who will be
> able to fix her up again.
> 
> I really enjoyed that car when it was running and I
> think that someone
> else could too with very little work. It's not a
> total basket case and
> the mechanical work needed isn't very hard (unless
> someone wanted to
> fix the FI, but that might just be me - I never got
> into that). The
> cosmetic stuff isn't too expensive aside from paint.
> I was trying to
> get it done quickly so I could keep the car before I
> had to finally
> admit that it just wasn't possible for me to keep.
> I'm really going to
> miss it, but I'll feel a lot better if I can at
> least recoup the money
> I spent on the actual engine. Next time I will buy
> one when I own my
> home and it has a garage...which I'm guessing will
> be awhile :-/
> 
> -Jen  
> 
> On 8/8/05, Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote:
> > On 8 Aug 2005 at 16:57, Jennifer Sawyer wrote:
> > 
> > > I have some sad news to share. I am not going to
> be able to keep my
> > > Squareback after all.
> > 
> > Jennifer,
> > 
> > We all hate to hear these stories, not just
> because your resources are limited,
> > but because you and your car would have been so
> much better off in the hands of
> > a better shop. The difficult part these days is
> finding a shop which can still
> > service these cars. There are few mechanics around
> from those days, so your
> > best bet is often to do the work yourself, or find
> someone on this list to do
> > the work or who can recommend a good shop.
> > 
> > I have no idea of what the problem with your car
> might have been at the start,
> > but I would be willing to bet that it was NOT a
> cracked head (seldom happens to
> > these cars) and there probably wasn't a cracked
> case, either. It probably WAS
> > something that could be fixed for under $100, if
> only the shop knew what they
> > were doing. That knowledge is extremely rare these
> days.
> > 
> > In today's market, however, your story is just too
> sadly familiar: Non-
> > mechanical owner takes car in for work and gets
> taken for a ride instead. Yes,
> > I'm sure you're right that whatever problem there
> is now with the FI is their
> > fault.
> > 
> > I would not let them install carbs. They are
> likely to botch that, too, and it
> > will just get you in the further in the hole with
> them. Frankly, I suspect that
> > they really don't want to work on your car, so I
> would try to find somewhere
> > else to finish it, or sell it to someone who can
> fix it.
> > 
> > If you're already talking to lawyers, I'd ask
> about this problem. This shop
> > does not deserve the money you've already given
> them.
> > 
> > I'm really sorry this has turned out so bad for
> you.
> > 
> > --
> > *******************************
> > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
> > Madison, Wisconsin, USA
> > *******************************
> > 
> >
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