MARCO--POLO

We picked up the car on Wednesday, March 17. The problem this time was that whoever worked on it last had not tightened a hose clamp and when the coolant became warm and pressurized the system the hose came off. When I was talking with the service agent to pick it up, he told me he had had 2 mechanics drive it for a couple of hours the previous day when the work was completed, to make sure it was done correctly, then had another mechanic check the work. So far, things seem to have been repaired this time. We had the rental car for almost a month (from Feb 20 to March 17). The VW dealer was to cover the first 5 days of the rental and I told them when I picked up the car that we needed to sit down and look at the bill to determine what they were going to pay for and what the Church would pay for. Today (Thursday, the 18th) he called and said they were going to cover the entire rental car expenses.

The new car left the assembly line 3 days ago and should be in Oslo in about 5 weeks.