Parts Place was: Re: [Vwdiesel] TDI de-tuned European

[Bob O Shaughnessy]

    Please keep in mind the many warnings about dealing with Parts Place.  I
and others have railed against them for years based on horrible personal
experiences of used, broken parts sold as new, the complete and utter lack
of return policies, the inconsistent prices and other issues.  There was a
story on the Vanagon list a few years back of a woman who lived near them
being ripped off so badly that it would make some of the worst scam artists
blush.

    I for one, wouldn't expect a word of truth out of them concerning the
TDI engines that they are selling, nor would I recommend that anyone spend a
dime with them.

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Bob O'Shaughnessy,         Columbus, OH
vanagon at columbus.rr.com
99 A3 Jetta TDI
82 Diesel Westy (with blown engine) + Quantum TD engine
74 Bus (Dad's)
72 Wife, 95 Cat, 96 Cat, 98 Kid, 00 Kid, 01 Dog, 02 kid
25 House

On 6/14/03 3:57 PM, "Scott Kair" <scott3491 at insightbb.com> wrote:

>   Just got the catalog myself.  They also listed a bunch of different
> Eurospec industrial engines.
>   Maybe Parts Place's secret to selling them here is that they warrant the
> engines beyond replacement and for only 100 days, if that.  The copy seemed
> to indicate that if you buy it, it's yours, like it's warranted to the door
> if you hurry out.
>   BTW, I noticed that the early TDI locking plate and pin for t-belt
> changes ran about $30 for the set, while the set for the later 98.5/99 TDIs
> runs over $100.  Given that they also want $16.95 for the stereo removal
> wires that came with my mounting kit, are these prices somewhere near
> acceptable?
>   Scott Kair
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