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Date:         Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:14:25 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net>
Subject:      Re: Bosch not German?
Comments: To: dmc@cyburban.com

Of course they're German.  They just happen to be made in another country,
is all!


Is Fuji Film Japanese, when it's made here in the US?


Karl Wolz


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave M" <dmc@cyburban.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 6:46 AM
Subject: Re: Bosch not German?




> >> >
> >> I just got a new Bosch fuel filter - made in SPAIN.
> >
> >
> >So?   a friend of mine has a '99 New VW Beetle.....   Made in Mexico..
> Big
> >corporations have their factories all over the world.
> >
> I know that and so does everyone else.
> The new Beetle does not profess to be German.
> But don't people normally pay more for a genuine BOSCH product because
they
> assume its made in Germany.
> I've heard mnany people on this list say things like 'why buy a cheaper
> substitiute when you can have the genuine German item' - well guess what,
> they often aren't German anymore.
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