VWoA shines again :)
Jan Andersson
I just tried to order a filter oil pump for a mexican 1600 beetle
through a local VW dealer in Orlando. I had part numbers and all.
He tells me he is really sorry, my part numbers are valid and all, but
VWoA will not ALLOW him to order the parts for me and no dealership will
have them in the US, because the mexican made beetles were never
imported into USA. So.. the parts are available and everyone knows where
and whan numbers, but the corporate will not LET us get them. That's
customer service!
He suggested I call directly to a dealership in Mexico and order them
from there.
I'm waiting for a reply from Aircooled.net where I see something like
that listed on the site :D
P.J.Berg
MMm. There was a better solution some time back, think it was a stock part
too. The filter sat inside the enginebay, sort of an oilcooler adapter
with a filter attachment. Did you ever see one of those?
J.
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John Stafford
Thanks for the heads-up, Jan.
And here is to John C, aircooled.net for being there for the rest of us.
John Stafford
"P.J.Berg" <Berg...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> MMm. There was a better solution some time back, think it was a stock part
> too. The filter sat inside the enginebay, sort of an oilcooler adapter
> with a filter attachment. Did you ever see one of those?
Not quite like that. Any links to one?
bugnut68
> In article <op.u21ozjm37ng...@cm-84.208.86.10.getinternet.no>,
>
> "P.J.Berg" <BergR...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> > MMm. There was a better solution some time back, think it was a stock part
> > too. The filter sat inside the enginebay, sort of an oilcooler adapter
> > with a filter attachment. Did you ever see one of those?
>
> Not quite like that. Any links to one?
I think there's a guy on the Samba that sells Mexican VW parts
direct. Dont' have his name off the top of my head, but it seemed
like he had a bunch of ads in the classifieds... maybe he can be found
in the feedback forum over there? Anthony Tejas, or something like
that?
Oh, and as far as I'm concerned, VWOA can eat my shit. I wouldn't
ever even dream of buying a new, overpriced, Mercedes/BMW wannabe POS
that Volkswagen is manufacturing today, especially in light of how
they've shit on the air-cooled VW hobby.
P.J.Berg
wrote:
Nope, afraid not. Don't have any details, might have been a Brazilian
built beetle, I don't know..
Bill
Jan Andersson
P.J.Berg
Not so sure, Hotmail reply addy...
Jan Andersson
> On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:41:06 +0100, Jan Andersson
> <bug...@spamtrap.rocketmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Bill wrote:
>>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=84077
>>
>>
>> Thank You!
>>
>> Jan
>
> Not so sure, Hotmail reply addy...
>
> J.
he replied to me and it seems he has sent parts to Finland before, has a
customer in the same city I used to live in for a while. Shipping quote
was very reasonable. This pump would go to Finland.
Rusty Shackelford
You can always look at his feedback on The Samba. It can be found here:
I didn't look at each and every post in that thread, but from what I
skimmed it looked like Antonio Trejo had essentially 5 pages of positive
feedback. Based on that I would feel reasonably comfortable ordering
from him. Some may be confusing him with an outfit called "Beetle Mex"
that was also attempting to sell stuff from the VW Mexico factory, but
if I recall correctly Beetle Mex had issues and I don't think they are
still around. As nearly as I can tell Antonio Trejo is not affiliated
with Beetle Mex.
In any case, Antonio Trejo's feedback speaks for itself. I would
encourage anyone thinking of ordering from him to read his feedback
thread carefully and form their own opinion.
Just to be clear, I've never ordered anything personally from Antonio
and I have no connection to him whatsoever.
Rusty