Date:         Tue, 31 Jul 2001 17:07:52 -0700
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westfalia Van in Germany
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 >They do not take it lightly. It's because of the TÜV that most cars in
>Germany end
>up in junkyards, not because they don't run anymore.
>A car that does not have the TÜV approval sticker on the license plate can
>not be legally driven or even registered.
>To get a '82 vanagon that was driven in Germany for its lifespan,
>with all the salt on the roads causing rust, through the TÜV might not
>be a small feat, even if you live there.
>Sometimes extensive welding and structural repairs of the undercarriage
>are required by the rigourous inspectors.
>The cost for required repairs sometimes exceeds the value of the car
>multifold.
>That's why people just give the vehicles away when they don't get TÜV
>approval.

Or sell them to American GI's whos cars needed to be inspected, just not to
TUV standards.

I wish I would had a camper like that when I was stationed in W. Germany.

tim o'brien

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