Hello, The VW annoncement that they are going ahead with their concept beetle replacement car started me thinking a bit. Why a beetle, and not a bus? In Phoenix, I did a couple of informal polls ... counting beetles and buses on the road. So far, I've only counted about 100 units in three separate runs and the ratio is about 2.5 beetles to 1 bus. I know that I'm not considering the fact that vanagons were sold years after there were no more beetles, but the original sales ratio must have been greater than 20 beetles per bus. I saw no Eurovans. I'm not sure what this means, nor how true the ratios hold in other parts of the country, but I think that VW ought to be concerned. Has anyone invited VW to join this list? Thanks for listening, Mike Michael A. Radtke - Z74 Voice: 602-862-4897 Bull FAX: 4853 13430 N. Black Canyon Hwy. Phoenix, AZ 85029 Email: m.radtke@bull.com #<begin uuencode> begin 600 WINMAIL.DAT M>)\^(C$.`0:0"``$```````!``$``0B`!P`8````25!-+DUI8W)O<V]F="!- M86EL+DYO=&4`,0@!#8`$``(````"``(``0J``0`A````1#!#0D(V,4$X-CA& M0T4Q,3@T130P,C8P.$,X049#1#0`6P<!!(`!`!L````O9B!$;V5S(%97(%)E M860@5&AI<R!,:7-T/P!<"`$%@`,`#@```,L'!0`1``<`,0`K``,`3@$!((`# M``X```#+!P4`$0`'`#$`*P`#`$X!`0F``0`A````-$0Q-S<S0CDQ03DP0T4Q M,3@T130P,C8P.$,X049#1#0`+`<!`Y`&`*@$```/````"P`C````"1`#`"8` M``````L`*0```!,.`P`V``````!``#D`(-D<<F4DN@$>`'```0```!L````O M9B!$;V5S(%97(%)E860@5&AI<R!,:7-T/P```@%Q``$````6`````;HD97(, MN7,75)`:$<Z$Y`)@C(K\U````P`&$#G37J,#``<0O`(``!X`"!`!````90`` M`$A%3$Q/+%1(159704Y.3TY#14U%3E142$%45$A%64%214=/24Y'04A%0417 M251(5$A%25)#3TY#15!40D5%5$Q%4D503$%#14U%3E1#05)35$%25$5$3454 M2$E.2TE.1T%"250``````@$)$`$```!R`P``;@,``%,%``!,6D9UEJS]!Y\` M"@$/`A4"IP(`8V@*P/!S970Q!=P"@P!0#XU;!K0"@S(#Q0_',!*1<^AT96T" M@S,/?!1@$'],9C0$1A6:<TT+<&SZ,P*`?0J`",\)V0*`"H07"S<780OR8PW@ M($AE&FP9H"P*A0J%5&AE4"!65R``<&X"(&,W%,`)\`5`=`_P'S)E>:,>@!H0 M(&=O"X!G'H!Q'C!A9"`#\!]0'Y)I+P7`!:`>T04Q8@G@=&SO'D`:$`M1'N5C M"L$4H`K`WQ2P(-`'@!]!"X!K(%,B$,$A`"X@(%=H']$B%3XL'H$@T!ZP!4`D MT75SBC\=3$D#H%!H;PGPA&EX)A!)(&1I(-`;)-`%H'4+4!Y`;V8@6PN``A!R M`,`#('`&\&S]!"`N*L`I(@(P(%(B)`0@OR8R)M$'D0(@'Y(B@&\@P&$E(5-O M(&8*P"B1)_)V*8%N;!_0*P,CX0&@\PA@!4`Q,!1@*R`A``0@_PN`'T$)T2.` M(>`*P!]P(G'O*R`K]"SC'W!I+:`$`"\EZ#(N-2N'="V@$%`FT7LE(2BP:QZP M!^`?4RX0;7\F8R&A`)`$@2!2+.(MP&.U'S5V`'!A(#`&,7<$D/<PH0;P(-!Y M(+`0$!Z``8#_!)`?DB`!-_,>L"0`!;`>0+\KE280)M`?@RF0!1!G"X#=*C%S M!T`'D3(D;2;@!4#_#_`N,2(A`Z`)P3$1.3(#D?L!T"N'<#DA-"8\(`?@.@%Z M10AP;S=A-$`G'355<_\(<#F1'V0R@0>``'$F$!ZP_P7`*#`TT3%0)"(R!00@ M*##_.&$P,2:`.6$J4".Q+)$IL/,LXBL#<GDZ]"BP)$,?1/,>80A@9V@?,2V@ M(B`AE*<$H`F`00U(82OR>0(@>QY`"X!V(0`CX1YA,]%JZR!!0P1L!`!T)PT> M(`!P?FL$("GQ33,H42!@'39->&EK91U,4#`/X1SP(&I!)2!2(,!T4%`E,"VQ M)3!:-S0E,%+K5B!``1[@.B`V,#(M.$(V5&`T.#DW"H5"'G4=`%+M5I]2Y$9! M6"=4(%+F5,`U,PJ%,3/4-#,48$XE($(BP4@P9D-+4QS0=WE!!B@G06Y:)3!8 M\%10.5</4N-%9P#``Q!4(&TN,0!2(D#K)M`=`"X%H&T*APMD%3']"_)P`V`4 ML#;A"H49,6(@```#`!`0``````,`$1``````0``',$`-&AAD)+H!0``(,"#9 ('')E)+H!,E4@ ` end #<end uuencode>
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