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Date:         Thu, 6 Sep 2007 07:25:41 -0700
Reply-To:     Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: VW HQ moving out of Michigan
Comments: To: joel walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To:  <00b701c7f08f$274fcfc0$9a0c9804@gpa207joel>
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hmm looks very much like a response crafted by dale from king of the hill ... joel do you have a dead fire ant on top of your westy ...???? ;o) yours

On 9/6/07, joel walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > If they're moving to (relatively) nearby Herndon VA it > > will make pilgrimages easier for us poor east > > coasters. > > folks, don't be fooled by all this ... > it's just another government trick ... > what else happens to be near dulles airport, eh?? > that's right!!! the CIA in langley!! just a hop skip and a jump from > herndon!!!! > > and what does vw have to do with the CIA? EVERYTHING!! > look at it ... > vw sells cars in many countries. CIA has agents in many countries. > what better cover for an agent than a vw salesperson?! > and free transportation! hide tiny microphones in the sales brochures, > take 'test drives' to converse with local informants (who never > intended to buy the car anyway) ... really hard to record/overhear a > conversation at 60 mph! > trips to other dealers to deliver 'cars' (full of contraband materials > or stolen data files). > > it all fits!!!! > > for years, vwoa has been helping the CIA spy on Canada, now they're > moving closer to the world headquarters (of the CIA) to begin a new > phase of world domination ... and leaving behind all the non-essential > non-agent personnel!! which only helps to confuse the analysts (like > me) who are watching their every move! oh, they're a sneaky bunch, i > tell ya. > > :) > > actually, i rather chronical the decline and fall of vwoa from the > point that they moved TO michigan ... they used to be in New Jersey, > where bmw and mercedes were (and i think, still are). after vwoa moved > to detroit, and began to hire ex-chevrolet employees, the quality of > service went very quickly downhill. in my opinion. > > maybe this move to virginia will help in that regard. let's hope so. > but for my money, vwoa will have to do something about its dealerships > first. the sales and service folks are terrible at most vw > dealerships. and look at the dealeships themselves ... in my day, vw > dealers were vw-only or vw-porsche-audi or vw-audi. then after the > move to michigan, sales dropped a lot and you started seeing mazda-vw > and dodge-vw and so forth. very few dealers out there now that are vw > only ... and even fewer put the vw first (like vw-saab-subaru). :( > > unca joel >

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