Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:07:22 -0800
Reply-To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Letter to VW
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Way to take initiative Bryan!
I'm here in the basement geting high off of fumes and dust, prepping
and top coating my new gas tank and "old" filler neck with Bed liner
paint. Along those lines.....
If we came up with a "top ten" (or more??) type list of examples
showing just how "dedicated" and devoted we are to saving our beloved
Vanagons, maybe they would see just how serious we are about saving
our rides? Hence, possibly, how serious some of us would be about
investing in another "Vanagon" type vehicle.
I'm kind of joking, (i.e. "top ten") but not really. It has occurred
to me, as it likely has to others, that someday there will be an end
to all this. Not to be the "turd in the punchbowl" actually putting
that "in writing". Anyhow.....
Thanks for making the effort! --- :^)
Neil.
On 2/26/08, BJ Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote:
> (Sorry for the double post)
>
> I just got off the phone today with VW rep at headquarters. I had written a
> letter to the president about my current thoughts on status of VW's vans or
> the lack thereof. To summarize I spent a few moments mentioning how a
> diesel van would make the vehicle stand out in a crowd of other mini-vans
> and my main topic was building an inexpensive camper for sale here in the
> US. Basically I said I believed there was still a market for an inexpensive
> camper van. The key word there was inexpensive so the entry level model for
> less than $30K would just have a pop-top, some cabinet and a cooler. VW had
> a problem in the 1960's and that was demand far outstripped supply for their
> inexpensive campers. I told them wouldn't it be great to have that problem
> again.
>
> Without going into to much detail about the letter we spoke for about a half
> an hour. She said that Mr. Jacoby got the letter and gave it to her to call
> me. She was not able to "confirm or deny" any items but she said the
> microbus concept is not dead and ideas for campers are still being
> discussed. Other interiors for the Routan are on the table too. Anyway,
> after writing the letter I thought I'd get some canned response with $2 off
> an oil change but she seemed genuinely concerned with what current VW owners
> have to say. Without being outright I could tell she agreed with me when I
> said VW's marketing was inadequate. She even agreed that she had never seen
> a Eurovan commercial either. She told me that it would be great if other
> current VW owners would write in and tell them what their ideas were.
>
> Here is the address I used.
>
> Stefan Jacoby, CEO
> Volkswagen of America, Inc.
> 3800 Hamlin Rd.
> Auburn Hills, MI 48326
>
> If you can write a friendly letter, that would be great. If you think I'm
> crazy and wasting my time then that's fine too. I just think it's better
> than doing nothing and just complaining to each other on these lists.
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>
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Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
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