In a message dated 4/9/98 12:31:47 AM, bighouse@TYPE2.COM wrote: <<I don't think they care about us. I wish I had the money they wasted advertising in VW Trends about how much they cared. --Ken>> Since VW introduced the new Beetle, they suddenly have begun to remember their roots and acknowledge their past. One of the local dealers has placed a spruced up older bug in their show room along side the new bug. Another dealer is sponsoring a VW show to help launch the new bug. I'll bet this is going on all across the country. So should we take it? Sure we all want VW to be successful, and I like to support some of the local dealers, but they are doing this at our expense, calling on us classic VW owners only when we can work to their advantage. VW are you listening? Make those parts available and reasonble. Train your new mechanics on the older VWs Greet us with a smiling face at your dealerships Steve '74 Campmobile "still going strong inspite of VW's best efforts to get it off the road" '73 Thing "I'd be surprised if VW would acknowledge they even made this one." '81 Rabbit P/U & '85 Cabriolet "Starting to get old enough so that VW can say "we don't have no parts for that" |
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