Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 19:53:33 -0400
Reply-To: Derek Drew <derekdrew@RCN.COM>
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From: Derek Drew <derekdrew@RCN.COM>
Subject: How The Germans Feel About VW Dealers
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Axel sent this amusing summary:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite cite>We wanted to find a dealer in Germany that
would like to be the one to send us parts in the USA. Do you know of a
German Volkswagen dealer that likes to send parts in the mail and to give
a discount? <br>
<font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">my opinion:</font><br>
the VW-dealer are all criminals!<br>
The T3 does not exist anymore in the opinion of this guys.<br>
Nobody can understand the price policy of VW. The dealers have hard
regulations regarding prices and discounts. And what I know is, that
official dealers have not the rights to deliver to foreign countries.
</blockquote><br>
"official dealers have not the rights to deliver to foreign
countries" -- bumber<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF"><blockquote type=cite cite>For
the parts which are more or less standard in all T3 or other VW-Cars of
course we have a lot of second sources, also for refreshed parts like
motors, gearboxes etc.</font><br>
But if it comes to Syncros, there are no realy second sources avaible. A
lot of parts are special made in Austria with exclusiv rights for VW (for
instance the arches). That means the answer is much depending of this
what you realy need in any moment.<br>
And please never expect a well considered answer if you ask any question
to any VW-dealer regardin a Syncro. Without ETKA you are totally
helpless, also in Germany. The only way is to order the part-no. and
hopefully you will get the right part.<br>
I think the situation regarding the Syncro is much more crazy than you
are willy to believe.</blockquote><br>
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<div>Derek
Drew
New York, NY </div>
<div>CEO & Co-Founder </div>
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