Bumpers! There I said it, sorry about the language. Bumpers! I said it again. I think VW had two bumper engineers, let us say, Herr Metric-Rhetoric for the front bumper, and Herr Lyric-Satiric for the back bumper. Now these two fellows, although quite fine engineers in their own right, nerveless never consulted each other. Perhaps there was a problem between them, let us say the beautiful Fraulein Buxom-Euphoric. The rivalry between our two engineers was renown throughout the VW design community, much to the distress of the management. An example: To remove the front bumper all you have to do is remove the bolts clearly visible on the bumper and you have access to the end cap nut. Nut plates hold the front bumper on. Not so with the rear bumper. Herr Lyric-Satiric must have been mightily vexed that day, because now I have to remove the bumper frame from the body under the car to get to the bumper to get to the end caps. I think a few tack welds judicially placed will turn the loose nuts into nut plates. Anyone see a problem with this idea? Not you, Herr Lyric-Satiric, I’ve been a victim to your work already. Ed, N VA, with an idea |
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