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Ctipple Samba Member
Joined: April 29, 2020 Posts: 46 Location: Columbus, OH
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 11:51 am Post subject: PPI Blacksburg, Virginia?? |
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Any seasoned VW mechanic/owners in the Blacksburg, VA area? I’m currently in communication with an owner there. I’m in Ohio and would be happy to drive down but I’m gonna need a PPI done. Thanks! |
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mikemtnbike Samba Member
Joined: March 26, 2015 Posts: 2795 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 11:58 am Post subject: Re: PPI Blacksburg, Virginia?? |
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Salem Import Service is pretty close. Try asking the owner what he thinks about getting a PPI there, it's less than one hour away, so probably familiar. _________________ 1991 Vanagon GL 2.1 AT Westfauxlia. "Frankie" Totaled https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=764510&highlight=carnage
1995 Eurovan Camper "Marzivan"
2020 GTI SE manual |
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Ctipple Samba Member
Joined: April 29, 2020 Posts: 46 Location: Columbus, OH
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 11:59 am Post subject: Re: PPI Blacksburg, Virginia?? |
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Ok thanks. I’ll look into it. I think I’ve read to steer clear of having a PPI done by the shop that they’ve been using? He said the vehicle (2 owners) has always been serviced by the Bug Shop in Blacksburg, VA |
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Ctipple Samba Member
Joined: April 29, 2020 Posts: 46 Location: Columbus, OH
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 4:41 pm Post subject: Re: PPI Blacksburg, Virginia?? |
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Just got off the phone with Salem Import Services. They were closed so i figured I’d get an answering machine and then leave a message. Nope, Sandra answered and asked me many questions and answered a ton and then got her husband Mark on the line to talk with me more, probably spent 30 minutes just talking about Westys. Made me feel really excited to be a part of this community. So here’s my current curiosity. I haven’t seen the vehicle in person yet, and it’s about 5 1/2 hours away. Do I schedule a time to drive down, inspect it myself, which will basically be like me seeing if the gold looks like it’ll bring out my complexion well and maybe like how clean the interior feels, and also schedule the PPI that same day? |
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kamzcab86 Samba Moderator
Joined: July 26, 2008 Posts: 7915 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: PPI Blacksburg, Virginia?? |
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Ctipple wrote: |
Do I schedule a time to drive down, inspect it myself, which will basically be like me seeing if the gold looks like it’ll bring out my complexion well and maybe like how clean the interior feels, and also schedule the PPI that same day? |
That would be ideal. I drove from Phoenix to SoCal (about the same distance) to look at and drive the van I ended up driving home with. I can't imagine buying sight-unseen, but many have done it. _________________ ~Kamz
1986 Cabriolet: www.Cabby-Info.com
1990 Vanagon Westfalia: Old Blue's Blog
2016 Golf GTI S
"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance." - 孔子 |
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mikemtnbike Samba Member
Joined: March 26, 2015 Posts: 2795 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 5:07 pm Post subject: Re: PPI Blacksburg, Virginia?? |
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Agree with Kamz. Drive the van if you love it that’s 1/2 the decision right there. Mark is very well respected, he posts and advertises as vwbrain here. Good luck! _________________ 1991 Vanagon GL 2.1 AT Westfauxlia. "Frankie" Totaled https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=764510&highlight=carnage
1995 Eurovan Camper "Marzivan"
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Ctipple Samba Member
Joined: April 29, 2020 Posts: 46 Location: Columbus, OH
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 5:10 pm Post subject: Re: PPI Blacksburg, Virginia?? |
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Thanks. I definitely wasn’t planning on buying it without seeing it. I guess a part of me was wondering I’d like paying for the PPI first to make sure it was in a good enough condition for me to buy it prior to seeing it and making the decision. I’m realizing that’s pretty backwards haha. |
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dobryan Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2006 Posts: 16501 Location: Brookeville, MD
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jlrftype7 Samba Member
Joined: July 24, 2018 Posts: 3576 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 6:51 pm Post subject: Re: PPI Blacksburg, Virginia?? |
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Although I was my own Inspector before I bought our Vanagon, we still drove 5 hours or so across several states to look at it.
Wasn’t in shape to drive home at all, so a Flat Bed tow was required.
Good luck and I hope it all goes well for you. _________________ '68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
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nemobuscaptain Samba Member
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GreenG Samba Member
Joined: November 29, 2014 Posts: 151 Location: State Road, NC
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 8:57 pm Post subject: Re: PPI Blacksburg, Virginia?? |
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I'm not too far down the road - happy to drive a bit to help you check it out. After 5 years of Westy ownership 100's of hours wrenching and 10K in parts I think I've touched just about everything. I have what we need to pressurize the cooling system and do a compression/leakdown test as well. |
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Ctipple Samba Member
Joined: April 29, 2020 Posts: 46 Location: Columbus, OH
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 6:39 am Post subject: Re: PPI Blacksburg, Virginia?? |
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GreenG wrote: |
I'm not too far down the road - happy to drive a bit to help you check it out. After 5 years of Westy ownership 100's of hours wrenching and 10K in parts I think I've touched just about everything. I have what we need to pressurize the cooling system and do a compression/leakdown test as well. |
Hey I really appreciate that. The owner hasn’t responded to my message about scheduling a time to get down there, but will send you a PM if/when that happens so we can maybe figure out a time.
Nemobuscaptain,
I’m trying to get into those groups on Facebook, but haven’t been approved yet. I haven’t used Facebook and had created one just to join groups but spelled my name backwards so I kinda look like a bot or scammer. Haha. My name on there is Belac Elppit in case you can let me in to either of the groups. Thanks! |
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