Re: [T3] Valve cover gaskets

["Steve Glavas" <steveglavas@email.com>]

Here's a little FYI for Norwegian car prices from an American point of view.
I don't doubt that the cost of parts are that expensive, expecially since a
typical family car can run about $60k (ie, a Honda Civic, base model).

Hey, Per, am I in the ball park?  What's the tax rate for automobiles up in
Norway?

Steve
'71 L7

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Valve cover gaskets


> On 1 Jun 99, at 2:16, Per Lindgren wrote:
>
> > Does any of you ever buy genuine VW gaskets at the VW dealer? I never
buy any
> > other gaskets than those, I have found them to be best, and they are
something
> > like $2.50 a piece here in Norway. Don't let the parts guy tell you they
cant
> > get those old gaskets any longer, the wasserboxer of the Vanagon used
exactly
> > the same gaskets and covers as the Types 1 & 3, and those engines were
being
> > manufactured and sold in the US up to 1992.
>
> There are some excellent Brazilian gaskets (as well as plenty of
> crappy ones) that are priced at about 1/5th that amount. I didn't
> know that the wasserboxer gaskets are the same. That's useful
> information.
>
> Jim
> -
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