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- From: dunster@sdsu.edu (mark dunster)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
- Subject: Re: Do insurance companies hate VWs?
- Message-ID: <1e9facINNr7f@athena.sdsu.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 00:45:00 GMT
- References: <921114.231215.amiller@almaden.ibm.com> <w0v1sbb@rpi.edu> <lgfruvINN9h6@news.bbn.com>
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- In article <lgfruvINN9h6@news.bbn.com>, jjd@bbn.com (James J Dempsey) writes:
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-
- > VW is not totally blameless here. The small front quarter windows
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > made VWs very easy targets as did the design of the door handles which
- > allowed easy break-in via scewdriver.
-
-
- Isn't VW is *totally* to blame?
-
-
- > VW can't be blamed for the popular (to theives) DIN sized stereo
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > mounting hole or the nice pseudo high end stereos they install.
-
-
- Well, I blame VW
-
- >
- > VW should be applauded for the new Passat/Corrado and GolfIII/JettaIII
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > door handles that are supposed to be significantly improved in this
- > regard. They should be applauded for the tamper resistant stereo
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > systems which stop functioning when stolen. They should be applauded
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > for making alarms standard equipment on Passat and Corrado.
-
-
- Oh please. I think I'll give them the finger (or two in the UK), instead.
-
-
- >
- > They obviously realize that it is a problem and are trying to make
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > things better.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (For themselves, maybe?)
-
- They've surely known that this is a problem for a decade. Why has it
- taken them so damned long to rectify their appalling design???? If they
- are FINALLY doing something about it, after all these years, most
- probably it's because their legendary theft record is beginning to eat
- into their sales.
-