Date:         Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:05:17 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Camper/Multivan Supplement to Volkswagen Owner's Manual
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I've been meaning to try to find an answer to this question.  My supplement, referenced in the post subject, has some pages in English, some in French.  These pages are not duplicates -- some information is in French only, some in English only.  At first I thought this was because some installations are Canadian only, but some of the French pages refer to things that are in my U.S. model, and some English pages describe items that occur only in the Canadian model, such as the smoke detector.  Of course, to serve all Canadian owners, the entire manual should be printed in both English and French.

I suppose that my manual is just a bastard, containing a mismatch of English and French language versions.  Does anyone know if the manuals were available in Canada in French versions?  If so, maybe my manual just got pages mixed at the print shop.

Interestingly, on page 35 of this manual, the ground clearance is listed as "75.0 in. (190 mm)."  Wow!  Of course, 190 mm is approximately 7.48 inches, so I guess the listing is a typo for 7.50 in.

Apropos a discussion of some time back, this page also lists the bed dimensions, as follows:

"upper 72.8 x 48.0 in (1850 x 1220 mm)
  lower 74.0 x 47.2 in (1880 x 1200 mm)"

So, the upper is very slightly wider, and very slightly shorter, according to VW.

I thought that I remembered a greater difference in width than that; others thought the two were the same width.  These data seem to vindicate both opinions, in that the upper is wider, but very little.

David McNeely