More Parts Place Flames

["Paul Krucke" <pkrucke@logistics.calibersys.com>]

        I too have dealt with them, as they were convienent as I am in Ohio and 
they are in Michigan.  I was usually able to get parts the next day via UPS.  At
one time they had 1 guy who knew his stuff Kevin.  Kevin left though. Here is 1 
of my stories;

My wife went to run an errand in a Scirocco we had, and well the hood was not 
closed, and bam hood flew up.  Only damage to hood/hinges/cowling.  My insurance
company wanted to give me this piece of shit used hood for $200+ dollars.  I 
said I wanted a new hood.  Anyways PP had NEW hoods (aftermarket, but stamped 
from old VW presses) for $2?? dollars.  I convinced the insurance company to let
me go this route and they agreed.  So I got the hood.  All looked well.  The 
body shop (one I've worked with and does excellent work) painted the underside 
and then went to fit it on the car....BUT.....(VW sells the presses to the 
aftermarket after a given wear period)  it did not quite line up properly with 
the fenders.  With the hood closed the gap from fender to hood was about 10mm, 
actuallly looked like the hood was ajar even though it was latched.  Bowed would
be a good description of the problem.  I confronted PP about the problem and the
owners response was "When VW builds the car ""they fit the fenders to the hood""
and no two cars are the same"  Bullshit!  Most VW's including Rabbits we 
robotically assisted / assembled.  It was a simple matter of the press the 
aftermarket hood was stamped from was beyond its service life.  PP offered me no
satisfaction in resolving the problem.  The pro's at the body shop were able to 
patch things together in the end, but it was still not to my liking.

Next, I have had to ship back more mis-shipped products then good ones I 
received even though I read their part numbers to them.

Finally, they are high priced compared to other sources I have discovered.

-Paul
--Current
87 Scirocco 16v
87 Jetta GLi
90 Audi 90 Quattro 20v (for sale)
63 Bug

--Past
92 Jetta
87 Scirocco 8v
84 GTi
82 Rabbit Diesel
81 Rabbit 1.7l
81 Rabbit PickUp with 84 GTI powertrain
74 Karmann Ghia
73 Super Beetle
72 Karmann Ghia
69 Karmann Ghia
68 Bug Cabriolet
66 Bug
57 Bug
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Subject: Re: handling comparison
Author:  skerocdriver@juno.com (SHAWN C MEZE) at TGATE
Date:    8/12/97 5:29 AM


On Sun, 10 Aug 1997 18:50:11 -0400 Kris Tewkesbury 
<tewkes@engin.umich.edu> writes:
>I went to VW Parts Place yesterday to get some used parts for my 
>rocco.  I was amazed at all the parts they had there.  They have 1 1/2 
acres of
>dismantled VW's.  They had 4 rocco's for sale, 2 16v's in decent 
>shape, a 85 wolfsburg for $900 and another 1983 rocco.  I got a mail 
order 
>catalog if anyone is interested in ordering themselves one the number is 
>(248)RAPE-ME!.  It's in Auburn Hills, MI about 20 miles north of 
>Detroit.  
     
     
     I HIGHLY, HIGHLY, HIGHLY, RECOMEND EVERYBODY STAY AWAY FROM THESE 
     GUYS! First hand experience from myself says that I got ripped off and 
     their only offer to fix the problem was to offer me 1/2 of what they 
     stole from me. 

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