Re: Fifth gear or no fifth gear

["Jeffrey Bynum" <audiodyn@otelco.net>]

Michael,
    A good Friend of mine, Brian Ettl, owns a shop in Marietta - Eurotech
Atlanta. They have a factory trained mechanic that works for them. He is
very competent. Eurotech's phone # is (770)794-7240. If you are ever in the
Birmingham area, Hutchinson Automotive, 23 years experience, factory
trained, and super nice people to boot. Ask for Jimmy Hutchinson - Phone #
is (205)322-6644. Just my .02.

Jeffrey W. Bynum
'92 Corrado SLC
'95 Cabrio VR6 "Euro"
'92 Golf GTI 16v
'91 Golf GTI 8v (VR6 in waiting)
'91 Jetta 2dr (VR6 in waiting)
'93 Passat VR6
'93 Passat VR6 Wagon
'90 Corrado G60
'88 Scirocco 16v
'87 Scirocco 16v
'87 Scirocco 16v (parts car)
'85 Cabriolet (16v in waiting)
'82 Pickup 16v

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Abatzis <abatzis@hotmail.com>
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: Fifth gear or no fifth gear


>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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