Date:         Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:37:23 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: The deal about the Tail Light Fairy
Comments: To: Mike <mbucchino@charter.net>
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  That 928 wasn't all bad, I must say.  When everything worked (happend a
few times) it was a spectacular car.  But the engineers on that
project?...they don't get a 'bye'...They may have been told to do some silly
things by  "Marketing" but engineers are supposed to be able to calculate
expected conditions and produce results.  The 928 Guys musta been living in
an alternate universe when they designed some of the systems and expected
them to work in OUR world..

  Once my 928 was converted to a race-only car and over 1000lbs of crap
pulled out...60-odd relays removed....it was pretty darn dependable and very
much feared by the 911 crowd...who said "That is not a +real+ Porsche"...

  Vanagon content:  Perhaps those same engineers, after being canned at
Porsche, came across to VW and designed the headgaskets for the Vanagon?
  (ducking)
  Don Hanson

On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 4:38 AM, Mike <mbucchino@charter.net> wrote:

> Wow, Don, you sound bitter!  But I would be too, after an experience like
> you've had with that lousy Porsche set-up.
>
> I've owned plenty of different vehicles, VW's, Porsches, Toyotas, GM, and
> I've had a few problems here and there, but never anything remotely like
> that!
>
> Here's to hoping your future holds less problems, and less 928's!
>
> Mike B.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Don Hanson
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 3:22 AM
> To: va.nagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Subject: Re: The deal about the Tail Light Fairy
>
>
>  I hope the VW "Tail-light warning system" is not so stupid as the Porsche
> one that was in my "Flagship of the Porsche line" the 928...What a
> stinker!   Almost every stupid warning system in the car was
> 'problematic'...to put it kindly.
>