Date:         Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:37:11 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Tools and spare parts
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My comments were directed towards Vanagons, as I assumed this was still a Vanagon related mailing list. But If you want to still maintain that VW was unique in 1960 in providing customers with additional information on modifying vehicles for specific customer needs, then good for you Dave.

alistair




On 2012-02-08, at 8:31 AM, mcneely4@COX.NET wrote:

> ---- Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: 
>> Vanagons never were a "very inexpensive vehicle". Tell us, what was the dealer price for an '84 vanagon? (you can choose any country).
>> 
>> What brand of vehicle populates the areas that the "travel under difficult conditions" is tailored for (Africa)?
>> 
>> Vanagons are, for the most part, a first world luxury. 
> 
> the document jim made availabe for us was published in 1960, and referenced transporters and beetles of that era.  they were inexpensive.  a new beetle then was under $2k u.s. i think.  almost anyone could repair one, which further reduced the expense of owning one.
> 
> the document specifically mentions the Andes as an example of the tropical locations one might travel.
> 
> my comments were intended in the context of the document and its time,  mcneely
>> 
>> alistair
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 2012-02-08, at 7:19 AM, mcneely4@COX.NET wrote:
>> 
>>> ---- Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: 
>>>> " i don't think toyota supplies to its dealers instructions for adding a roof canopy for being out in the sun, or engine shield for rocky roads!"
>>>> 
>>>> Ha!
>>>> 
>>>> All toyota did was to make  vehicles that work in difficult conditions without modifications. 
>>> 
>>> alistair, that is true.  but my remark was to contrast the flexibility that vw offered to buyers of what was a very inexpensive vehicle.  those toyotas that work under very difficult conditions come at a pretty steep price.  mcneely
>>>> 
>>>> That VW publication dates from 1984, that's 28 years ago. I know of no subsequent editions (I've been looking since 1994). So much for VW's ongoing interest.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> alistair
>>> 
>> 
> 
> --
> David McNeely