Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:10:11 -0800
Reply-To: Matt Drew <t3vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Matt Drew <t3vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Making of a Vanagon - Now New T3
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On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> well there ya go - that sounds great - a website dedicated to 'reaching' VW
> about the US market and what we'd love to have and buy.
> Nice clever but obvious domain name is a great first step.
> listentousVW.org.
> bringmyvanbackVW.org ( like that one a bit )
> VWlistenplease.org ( looking for words that seem sepearate and are easy to
> read when run together - don't like this one )
>
> listenpleaseVW.org ..............that's my nomination at the moment. or
> .com
> ......or whatever. The tag on the end doesn't matter much I don't think.
> '.org' sounds more official and less commercial.
>
> getmyvanbackVW.org.
> ( those slimeballs might sue over having 'vw' in the domain name - sheesh.
> )
>
> Don't even get me started...........and this point should, I think, be in
> the first paragraph of the website......VW you have tens of thousands of
> loyal followers that you are NOT listening too !
> That's the tragic shame of it .............they have a market right here in
> their hands...........and they either don't know, ( how could then not ? )
> or don't care.
> Seems that they don't care. < and let's suggest a discount for people who
> have previously owned VW's .........I think that's a great marketing
> gambit - that would automaticcly pull 'us' types in for new products. < in
> Forida that have two for one sales now at dodge dealers......buy one high
> end monster truck for $ 45K......get one stripper truck included for free >
> ,
>
> It's encouraging to read all the ideas about how a Vanagon configuration
> vehicle could be viable.........and how the Japanese still have front
> control passenger vans etc.
> And VW.............don't forget the Ground Clearance !!
> That is one of the 'signature elements' that makes it stand out from the
> crowd of mini-vans, and gives it great, great utility !!
> I like listenpleaseVW.org at the moment - :-)
> scott
> ( many listendammitVW.org )
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Egeln" <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 5:32 PM
> Subject: Re: Making of a Vanagon - Now New T3
>
>
> I've brought the idea to the list before, that is to create a website
> dedicated to convincing VW to re-open the T3 assembly line, albeit with
> updated electronics and power train.
>
> Folks voiced their skepticism with objections that Andrew has debunked
> below, i.e. that the vehicle COULD be brought up to current USA & Canadian
> safety standards.
>
> I would love to have a new T3 TDI Syncro.......I think that a lot of people
> would......
>
> Anthony
> '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
>
>
> --- On Tue, 12/2/08, Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> From: Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: video: Making of a Vanagon
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 6:23 PM
>
> You're not forgetting about air bags, and ABS brakes and such
>>>
>> things ,
>
>> right
>>>
>>
> T3s were available with ABS. Airbags are easily added. Stability
> control likewise (but this is no guarantee of safety... "Wheels" in
> Australia recently tested a Toyota Kluger (=Highlander) and the
> stability control did NOT step in when it should have... and the
> vehicle rolled several times (and the Aussie market demands much
> better suspension than US).
>
> since the only 'people sit right in front' vehicles sold in
>>>
>> north America
>
>> are trucks. ( I'm thinking those Isuzu cab-over diesel delivery
>>>
>> trucks and
>
>> similar cab-over trucks )
>>> In all cars , mini-vans, and people haulers, the occupants are
>>>
>> mid-mounted
>
>> these days.
>>>
>>
> Well, the Japanese have continued with forward-control vans (and
> likewise the 2nd-generation Mitsubishi Delica made by Hyundai as the
> H100). These must be passing Euro NCAP offset-head-on crashtests,
> which the T3 would pass with flying colors.
>
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