RE: A cautionary tale

["Woolston Craig" <cwoolsto@ladc.lockheed.com>]

>Well, being your typical impecunious (and skeptical) college librarian, 
>I thanked the man, towed the car home, and this Saturday replaced the
>one bad wire (and the voltage regulator, just to be safe) myself in an afternoon! 
>
>The lessons (if any) from this?
>
>The VW is the PEOPLE'S car, not a mechanic's car. We, the people, ought to
>know our vehicles well enough to avoid being ripped off.
>

>We should be true to the philosophy of St. Muir... have a relationship with our
>car. Both you and the car will be the better for it.
>

>Or...the big lesson...just be rich enough to pay others to do all this stuff!
>
>Anyhow, it's great to have the SB running again.  And the best part is that a load
>has been lifted from my mind...not my wallet!

>
Congrats on a job well done...
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Craig Woolston
'70 Sqback and '71 Fastback
cwoolsto@ladc.lockheed.com