Date:         Wed, 23 Oct 1996 10:07:01 -0700 (PDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Jon Kirshbaum <jonnyk@oregon.uoregon.edu>
Subject:      Re: VW CD - Defeat?



On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Turbo wrote:

> Well, the marketing guys asked me to take down my VW-CD page.  Seems they
> think that nobody really wants a VW CD, saying that we could probably only
> sell 300 or so of them, which I think is bullshit, but you know the
> marketing types...
> 
> >Nobody, not even myself, has done any real market research to determine
> >if this is viable or not, and I think its irresponsible to just
> >toss out some numbers and say its not feasible.  Look at the number
> >of people who work on VW's compared to the number of people who
> >would actually even think of working on their 1996 Ford Explorer.

Just look at the success of the aftermarket air-cooled parts makers and
sellers. If people are making money by producing obscure parts for very old
vw's, then something as useful as reference all collected on a disc seems
very likely to do well. There are so many computers about, I would really
think that tons of home mechanics (and a whole bunch of students) have
machines and would eventually shell out the $$ to get that crucial wiring
diagram... 

Jon