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<<The above is one big reason I am GLAD and RELIEVED I no longer own any
Volkswagen. >>
So why bother reading about something, you neither own or like?

Fiberglass

In Massachusetts some have registered their VWs as a "camper" by adding a
porta-potty. The Registry of Motor Vehicles accepted it. I am not sure,
but I think that Allstate does not do business in Massachusetts. Jim


At 02:40 PM 11/10/1999 -0700, you wrote:

The permanent restroom excuse is a crock. My old agent told me the same
thing because they wanted the higher commission. I don't think Allstate
requires a bathroom. Part of the confusion comes from the NADA listing of
the Eurovan. A lazy agent will look up the GL and conclude that it is a
regular van. Of course, this doesn't apply with the old vans. However, the
Eurovan is indeed a recreational vehicle. How many normal cars have propane
heat, stoves and fridge's?

The rate is lower because a) people who drive RV's tend to be pretty safe
and b) people tend not to drive RV's as often as a regular auto.

I would talk to another agent.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sklashley@... [mailto:Sklashley@...]
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 2:31 PM
To: schellhase@...; ev_update@...
Subject: [ev_update] Re: New owner; extended warranty question


I tried to get an RV policy for my '74 Westy and was told that it had to
have
a permanent restroom on board to qualify. However, I found and even better
deal on a "recreational use" policy through State Farm. No mileage
requirements, full coverage and for only $200 a year. I don't think it
would
cover the interior contents, but make sure you send them a list of all of
your added accessories like furnace, bike rack, awning, stereo, or any other

installed items.

Steve Lashley
'66 Westy
'74 Campmobile
'93 EV MV
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314-614-0750
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Jim McCarthy
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'95 EuroVanCamper
Somerville, MA, USA

I enjoyed the use of a BMW 325i while my EVC sat at the
dealer for 10 days last month. The dealership didn't order the
part when I asked them to, and it wasn't there when my service
appt. was scheduled two weeks later. So the van sat for over
a week until they retrieved the part [rear hub/bearing assmbly]
from Canada. (To make matters worse, the hub had been ruined
by an incompetent tire shop mechanic who happily stripped 3 of 5
bolt holes with his pneumatic wrench!)

The BMW was slight consolation for the frustration and wasted time.
This dealer was one of those German Eurocar types: BMW, Mercedes,
Porsche, VW. We don't have a "real" VW dealer within 250 miles.
At the time I was convinced that the dealership was solely to blame;
perhaps this IS a more systemic VW problem. I was, however, enjoying
comiserating with disgruntled Mercedes and Porsche owners, who
were also getting shafted ;)

OTOH, what choice do you have if you want the functionality of an
EVC?

-Scott Chapal
'97 EVC

wade punch <punchw-@...> wrote:
original article:

I was at a VW dealership recently. I was talking to the head service
manager whom I knew previously. Long story short, he showed me a

letter

from VW, where they acknowledge they are having problems in

delivering

parts to the dealers. As a "goodwill gesture" they are offering (until
December 31) the option to supply free loaner cars to those affected
customers who are out their vehicle. So I asked him, does that mean

they

will have all their parts distribution problems solved by December 31?
He laughed, and I said I would not put any money on that.

The above is one big reason I am GLAD and RELIEVED I no longer own any
Volkswagen. The largest seller of vehicles in Europe cannot get their
parts act together in the U.S?? In my mind, there is really no excuse.
Do they really care about the U.S. market? Or are they simply

incapable

of delivering the goods?
They have been here since 1940 something, shouldn't they have figured

it

out by now? The Japanese have.
I talked to a Toyota dealer parts dept. guy this week, inquiring about
the possible warranty replacement of a carburetor for a '87 Tercel, my
son's car. He said he could get it overnighted, if necessary. Go

figure.

mein zwei pfennig,

Wade

p.s. Sure wish they had the free loaner car deal during the summer of
'98 when my EV was out of commission for 6 (SIX) weeks, waiting for

one

$6 part (for the shifter linkage). Oh yeh, they finally reimbursed me
the $70 it cost me to get it shipped from Germany (UPS, 2 days),

after I

repeatedly spoke up. They didn't have a clue as to where the part was,
but my friend's friend in Blomberg got it in one day!
Oh well, I didn't really want to go on a vacation that summer in my
spacious EV. VW can't seem to figure it out. You treat a customer
unfairly and incompetently and he will tell his friends. You are more
excited about owning a VW now, aren't you???

Wade,

I would suspect its not a lack of confidence, but a realization that
vans and cabriolets are subject to a rougher life....

Cabriolets are more exposed to the elements because they are not a
solid body...they also are subject to more stress and strain because of
not having a roof (my wife's cabriolet squeaks and flexes more with the
top down)...

Vans because they are heavier and carry heavier loads will put more of
a strain on the engine, etc.


Ric


wade punch <punchw-@...> wrote:
original article:

Looking at a listing of auto warranties for the 2000 model year, I
noticed:
VW is the only manufacturer to offer "only" a 2 year warranty, except
for Ferrari and Lotus. EVERYBODY else is at least 3 years. VW=24,000
miles. Ferrari and Lotus offer unlimited miles.
Yes, their powertrain warranty is better than most, 10 years or

100,000

miles, BUT for EV's and Cabrio's, it is reduced to 5 years or 50,000.
Corrosion warranty is 12 years for all VW's except for EV's and
Cabrio's, which is only 6 years.
It doesn't look like they have a lot of confidence in the EV's and
Cabrio's, in particular.

Go figure

Wade,
I don't disagree with your comments on the situation with parts for the
EuroVan in the USA. VW has a problem here and so do many manufacturers with
very low volume. It's part of the experience of owning a unique vehicle.
Usually this becomes a nice opportunity for aftermarket parts suppliers. I
do however feel the situation is better for VW's more popular models. I have
not experieced any parts issuse on the Rabbits and Golfs I've owned since
1975. Comparing the Tercel parts situation to a EuroVan is tough because
Toyota has sold many more of them in the USA. In any event, improvement in
the EV parts situation would be welcome. Hopefully VW will sell many more
here and thus become more interested.
Ron

Brandon,
I travel to Germany on business once or twice a year. I always try to stop
by a VW dealer and find it amazing how much more is available on the T4
platform. My favorite version is the dual sliding door model. VW has had
this feature for many years in Germany but never offered it in the USA. I
even suspect they had it before Chrysler. The VW version is also more
thought out since the gas filler neck is in front of the door rather than
behind. Too bad USA VW Marketing people have missed the boat on this option
that for some is a necessity on a van. I wonder how many people remove the
EV from consideration because it isn't available here.
Ron

I was at a VW dealership recently. I was talking to the head service
manager whom I knew previously. Long story short, he showed me a letter
from VW, where they acknowledge they are having problems in delivering
parts to the dealers. As a "goodwill gesture" they are offering (until
December 31) the option to supply free loaner cars to those affected
customers who are out their vehicle. So I asked him, does that mean they
will have all their parts distribution problems solved by December 31?
He laughed, and I said I would not put any money on that.

The above is one big reason I am GLAD and RELIEVED I no longer own any
Volkswagen. The largest seller of vehicles in Europe cannot get their
parts act together in the U.S?? In my mind, there is really no excuse.
Do they really care about the U.S. market? Or are they simply incapable
of delivering the goods?
They have been here since 1940 something, shouldn't they have figured it
out by now? The Japanese have.
I talked to a Toyota dealer parts dept. guy this week, inquiring about
the possible warranty replacement of a carburetor for a '87 Tercel, my
son's car. He said he could get it overnighted, if necessary. Go figure.

mein zwei pfennig,

Wade

p.s. Sure wish they had the free loaner car deal during the summer of
'98 when my EV was out of commission for 6 (SIX) weeks, waiting for one
$6 part (for the shifter linkage). Oh yeh, they finally reimbursed me
the $70 it cost me to get it shipped from Germany (UPS, 2 days), after I
repeatedly spoke up. They didn't have a clue as to where the part was,
but my friend's friend in Blomberg got it in one day!
Oh well, I didn't really want to go on a vacation that summer in my
spacious EV. VW can't seem to figure it out. You treat a customer
unfairly and incompetently and he will tell his friends. You are more
excited about owning a VW now, aren't you???

What exactly was done with your "complete tuneup"?

A new air cleaner filter, plugs (Platinum 4), plug wires, distributor
cap, rotor, O2 sensor (Bosch universal), oil+filter, can of BG 44 fuel
injector treatment (this did wonders on my Jetta's erratic idle, better
then Techron). The engine idles and runs through the RPM's beautifully
with no hesitations or flat spots.

Is BG the name brand of the injector cleaner? Where did you purchase it?

Looking at a listing of auto warranties for the 2000 model year, I
noticed:
VW is the only manufacturer to offer "only" a 2 year warranty, except
for Ferrari and Lotus. EVERYBODY else is at least 3 years. VW=24,000
miles. Ferrari and Lotus offer unlimited miles.
Yes, their powertrain warranty is better than most, 10 years or 100,000
miles, BUT for EV's and Cabrio's, it is reduced to 5 years or 50,000.
Corrosion warranty is 12 years for all VW's except for EV's and
Cabrio's, which is only 6 years.
It doesn't look like they have a lot of confidence in the EV's and
Cabrio's, in particular.

Go figure

Brandon,
To clarify the seat /seatbelts a bit more, what I saw in Germany on a

new

Multivan were center seats that can be positioned to face either

forward or

backward and modular shoulder belts on these center seats. USA MV

models in

1993 and 1999 have rear facing seats only with lap belts. I now

suspect

the 2000 North American MV still is the same based on reading the

specs on

VW's web site. Did you notice differently?

I did some checking, and when I saw the MV interior shots on the VW
German website, I can see that they are very different from the US
seats. The US seats are clearly fixed rearward. I'm asking my dealer if
the swiveling seats (which also have a headrest and full shoulder belt)
can be special ordered. I'm also interested in a non us color like
that great new beetle lime green.

Thanks for the heads up. It's neat to see on the german site all the
funky colors and much nicer interiors the german EVs have.

Brandon

I'm looking into trying to find out if there may be a parts cross

over

for use with an Audi auto engine (an AAN) to increase the auto's

stock

displacement from @ 2.2 liters to 2.5+.

Mike, you ought to check the archives of the quattro list
www.audifans.com
I know in the past ur quattro owners have used eurovan 2.5L blocks as
bases for new engines. With the AAN, you have so many other, easier
options to increase HP, I've never heard of anyone attempting this.
Now, a chipped AAN in a eurovan, hmmm... makes you really miss synchro.

BrandonH
'91 Audi S2 (engine code 3B)
'00 EV MV (on order)

Given the complexity of the job, I would either recommend either DIY

if

you're mechanically competent, or take it to a VW dealer with real EV
experience. Even with the right tools, it is a long job, and I'm sure
the labor, expecially for the water pump, is expensive.

As a hardcore Audi fan, I might also suggest that any Audi dealer or
better yet, Audi-knowledgeable garage would be quite at home with the
EV 5. The tools are so well known on the Audi email lists that
everyone refers to them by number.

Brandon Hull
'91 Audi ersatz S2 www.20v.org/s2/
'00 EV MV on order

wade punch <punchw-@...> wrote:
original article:

What exactly was done with your "complete tuneup"?

A new air cleaner filter, plugs (Platinum 4), plug wires, distributor
cap, rotor, O2 sensor (Bosch universal), oil+filter, can of BG 44 fuel
injector treatment (this did wonders on my Jetta's erratic idle, better
then Techron). The engine idles and runs through the RPM's beautifully
with no hesitations or flat spots.

Rod

For my 1999 EV Weekender I am seeking the after market gutters for supporting Yakima towers and bars on which to carry our FOLBOT Kayak from camp site to water and back again.? For travel, the kayak is in it's bags inside under the bed.? I hope to determine how to remove the Yakima bars quickly for raising the poptop when arriving back at the camp site.

Also, I will be soon sending my 1968 Chevelle Wagon to someone elses driveway and wish to have my EV as versatile as possible for carrying what-ever.

I am also hoping that I can figure out how to mount an awning directly or indirectly using the gutters in some way.

Donald Newman? /? 1999 EV Weekender

schapal@... wrote:

I was at local dealer today looking for Corrado parts. The parts manual is
on CD. He said it contained everything VW ever made. I told him sure would
like to have one or at least put it up on their web page. He said same
thing, that thought it would be available but did not have any idea when.
Thought web page was good idea.

BTW - Spark plugs (correct) for the Corrado are 15.84 each from VW
aftermarket shop - dealer was about .75 more.

Grins, Chester1

Tell them you want to have an engine compression test run on each
cylinder. TELL THEM YOU WANT TO SEE THE NUMBERS! The 5 numbers should
at least be within 10% of each other. If you have one or two cylinders
reading low,
you could have a coolant leak via the head gasket. That might explain
the hard starting (coolant leaks into cylinder(s) making it hard to
start) AND the loss of coolant.

You better hurry, if this is the cause, they will have to replace the
head gasket and resurface the head (a side benifit of having the head
removed; they have to replace the coolant, oil, and timing belt). The
good news they pick up the tab. In 11 days YOU do.

Jerry

del-@... wrote:
original article:

Marve:



With regards to high temperature under the hood, I seem to remember
something from my C. Probst fuel injection manual (foolishly given
away) about how high temperature can cause hard starting, but it had
more to do with the fuel injectors than the fuel lines... I'm probably
wrong, and also look forward to finding the cause of those

embarrassing

multiple starting attempts.



I hope that any lurkers with even the foggiest idea of what might be
wrong might consider peeping out of the closet... ;)



One thing for sure, I think that I will certainly ask my dealer to
check the fuel pressure thing, as well as the mystery of the
disappearing coolant. I can't help but think that the latter problem
and the hard starting are linked.



I still have the benefit of a (informal, but binding, as far as I'm
concerned) statement from the salesman that the dealership would fix
anything that was wrong within 30 days of buying it. I'm only at day
19. :) So far it's given me a highly-discounted tune-up (should have
been a condition of the sale, I know), repair of the seat-belt height
adjustment and new front tires because of a flat spot and some

ungodly

road noise from the front right tire.



I will certainly keep the list posted.



Marcus Elia

Peterborough, ON

dela@...

'95 EV GLS

What exactly was done with your "complete tuneup"?

Had mine replaced today with a generic (smaller) unit with a two year
warranty. How did I know that the original was bad? Because of the

loud

clanking noises that it made and by the way that the core plugged up

the

pipe and prevented the exhaust gasses from escaping. Lost all power

but

would still idle. Hitting the cat with a hammer got me going again

(to

the muffler shop). It's running fine now.

I got a look at the old one after it had been removed - the entire
honeycombed core was floating around loose inside and pieces of it had
broken off.

To add to my day we found cracks in the resonator and the muffler, a
broken exhaust pipe hangar (rubber thing upstream of the cat), the

heat

shield between the exhaust and the gas tank has lost its front mount

and

is dangling and the CV boots are shredded. But those things can

wait...

bcnu - Grungy
93 Eurovan
90 Vanagon
69 Beetle
60 ddd Panel walk-thru

Can I ask how much you paid? Also, did they cut out the old one using
the original mounting flange to the downpipe and also still use the
hanger above the old cat?

Thanks, Rod in west Texas

93 EV MV
91 Jetta
56 Beetle

Hi Folks,
I had my "99 EV in for service yesterday and Paul (my friendly neighborhood
VW mechanic) told me that VW is converting all of its manuals to one CD rom
(their manuals BTW are all published by Bently). I told him that it was a
shame that the customer couldn't get a copy of these and he responded that
they are available to anyone for $200 (only slightly more than the paper
ones) and that the annual upgrades would run $40 per year if someone wanted
to stay really current.
John

rgolen@... wrote:

Folks,

When I bought my EV back in 93, the service manager gave me a spare set
of the dealer's version of the EV repair manuals. If all goes well with
VW setting me up with a 99 EV, I will not be needing the manuals.....

We'll have to come up with some sort of fun way to "award" these...

Ric

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