Re: Fifth gear or no fifth gear

["Michael Abatzis" <abatzis@hotmail.com>]

i'm still looking for a good (hell, mildly competent) mechanic in the 
atlanta area. it kills me when i know more about my car than they do. 
someone who does this for a living should know more than me. that simple.  
btw, anybody on the list in atlanta? seems that everybody is in CA or BC or 
somewhere else cold and close to canada (Mn, rochester).
-michael
88 16v scirocco

> > Just my useless ASE certified experience talkin here but, your mechanic
> >  sounds like he's rather ignorant as to what trannies DO and how they do
> >  it. The bottom line is you have a 5th gear and its in a close ratio
> >  gearbox.
>
>
>Good call.  Whenever a mechanic says something like that to me, I just walk
>out the door.  I have seen some work "pro" mechanics have done to VW's... 
>not
>always pretty.  Not to say I don't trust most mechanics ability to work on
>VW's... you just have to be very very careful.  My favorite thing to do, is
>watch the tire people jack up my car from the floorboards.  It just warms 
>my
>heart I tell you!  and it is so great that they accept your advice, like
>"NO!!! thats not the frame!!!"  or "STOP!!!"
>
>Put it this way:  I have had 4 Sciroccos.  3 MKII's, all of which have
>floorpan damage.
>BTW:  no damage happend on my watch!
>
>Ben
>86 8v
>84 8v
>

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