Date:         Fri, 27 Mar 1998 12:56:49 -0800
Reply-To:     Kelly Bauman <bauman@ICAN.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Kelly Bauman <bauman@ICAN.NET>
Subject:      Haynes Manual for Wasserboxers - Group Purchase?
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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Below is a message from Sam Bateman regarding the new Haynes repair manual
for the wasserboxer (UK version).  Sam seems quite pleased with his
purchase.

Is anyone out there interested in a group purchase?  We may be able to get
the price down (currently UK pounds 14 each) and will certainly save on the
shipping.  Sam claims to have paid 23 pounds which means 9 pounds for
shipping and handling.  Almost as much as the book itself.

If there are any interested parties, please send me a pmail and I will try
to find out what kind of price per book we can get, shipping prices,
customs and duty, etc..  Currently 1 British Pound = 1.7 USD and 2.4 CAD.
I live right on the Canada/US border so I can easily import for both
countries.  I will import the bulk shipment in to the country with the
lower duty and taxes.

Kelly Bauman
Delta, BC
'91 Westy

>Vanagoneers,
>
>Today I received a big ole box from the British Isles and inside was my
Haynes
>manual for Wasserboxers.
>It's great - everything logically arranged and described in COMPLETE ENGLISH
>SENTENCES (unlike another Vanagon manual that we all know and love!).
>Let me tell you that I am somewhat of a manual nut - I usually have two
>service manuals for the vehicles that I own.
>My preferences are one Bentley manual and a Haynes manual.
>The Bentley providing the 'factory' repair procedure and the Haynes shoing
how
>to do it with a woodblock and a brick.
>I just have never come to appreciate (or for that matter use) the 'new'
>Bentleys nearly as much as their older format manuals.
>I'd been searching for a Haynes manual for Vanagons for some time and finally
>learned that they were going to be available, in England only, in 1998 so I
>ordered one from Haynes direct.
>I highly recommend it, although in my opinion it should be used as a
>suppliment to the Bentley.
>
>If you are interested Haynes url is: http://www.haynes.com
>The manual number is 3452 and covers 1913 & 2109 cc water-cooled Transporter
>(Vanagon) from '82 to '90.
>The price? Well, by the time you get it here it will be about 23 pounds or
>$38.00.
>
>Sam Bateman
>'87 Vanagon GL (now with 2 service manuals)
>
>