folks.

This BS has gone long enough for me to even get
sick of it.

Sorry to say, but this thread from hence forth is
plonked. First ever subject blacklisting for me
in this froup.

--
DougW

 

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 16:33:51 -0600, "Jerry McG"
<gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote:


>
>You're being generous if you think Paul could get "a grand" for an '82
>diesel Rabbit. Thusands of them have been left for deaed on the side of the
>road, to the degree they're best sold by the pound for scrap.
>

I was referring to the "grand" he wanted to bet that his pos doesn't
belch smoke everywhere. :-)


--

Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields

 

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 16:33:51 -0600, "Jerry McG"
<gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote:


>
>You're being generous if you think Paul could get "a grand" for an '82
>diesel Rabbit. Thusands of them have been left for deaed on the side of the
>road, to the degree they're best sold by the pound for scrap.
>

I was referring to the "grand" he wanted to bet that his pos doesn't
belch smoke everywhere. :-)


--

Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields

 

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 16:33:51 -0600, "Jerry McG"
<gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote:


>
>You're being generous if you think Paul could get "a grand" for an '82
>diesel Rabbit. Thusands of them have been left for deaed on the side of the
>road, to the degree they're best sold by the pound for scrap.
>

I was referring to the "grand" he wanted to bet that his pos doesn't
belch smoke everywhere. :-)


--

Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields

 

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 16:33:51 -0600, "Jerry McG"
<gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote:


>
>You're being generous if you think Paul could get "a grand" for an '82
>diesel Rabbit. Thusands of them have been left for deaed on the side of the
>road, to the degree they're best sold by the pound for scrap.
>

I was referring to the "grand" he wanted to bet that his pos doesn't
belch smoke everywhere. :-)


--

Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields

 

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 21:40:20 -0600, "Jerry McG"
<gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote:


>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=15294
>
>At 149k, ALL NEW engine, inj pump, etc. (Boy, that was a waste of money!)
>I'm sure the real reason he wants to sell it is so the Montanans will quit
>laughing at him and his smoking pile of junk. (Read the guys description of
>the thing, it's hysterical!)
>
>

Here's a snip of the description, maybe taken a *tiny* bit out of
context, but still funny: "...you can pick on of these up at any junk
yard for next to nothing..." heh heh :-)


--

Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields

 

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 21:40:20 -0600, "Jerry McG"
<gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote:


>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=15294
>
>At 149k, ALL NEW engine, inj pump, etc. (Boy, that was a waste of money!)
>I'm sure the real reason he wants to sell it is so the Montanans will quit
>laughing at him and his smoking pile of junk. (Read the guys description of
>the thing, it's hysterical!)
>
>

Here's a snip of the description, maybe taken a *tiny* bit out of
context, but still funny: "...you can pick on of these up at any junk
yard for next to nothing..." heh heh :-)


--

Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields

 

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 21:40:20 -0600, "Jerry McG"
<gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote:


>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=15294
>
>At 149k, ALL NEW engine, inj pump, etc. (Boy, that was a waste of money!)
>I'm sure the real reason he wants to sell it is so the Montanans will quit
>laughing at him and his smoking pile of junk. (Read the guys description of
>the thing, it's hysterical!)
>
>

Here's a snip of the description, maybe taken a *tiny* bit out of
context, but still funny: "...you can pick on of these up at any junk
yard for next to nothing..." heh heh :-)


--

Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields

 

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 21:40:20 -0600, "Jerry McG"
<gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote:


>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=15294
>
>At 149k, ALL NEW engine, inj pump, etc. (Boy, that was a waste of money!)
>I'm sure the real reason he wants to sell it is so the Montanans will quit
>laughing at him and his smoking pile of junk. (Read the guys description of
>the thing, it's hysterical!)
>
>

Here's a snip of the description, maybe taken a *tiny* bit out of
context, but still funny: "...you can pick on of these up at any junk
yard for next to nothing..." heh heh :-)


--

Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields

 

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:40C14C10.9E01FADF@***.net...
> What amazed me is they came out during a time when all the cars had
> a nice appearing styling, but the Rabbit truck:
> http://i10.ebayimg.com/01/i/01/e9/10/dd_1.JPG looked worst than the '60
> Datsun twenty years before.

The thing was a complete design fiasco. It was the "brainchild" of Jim
McClernan, VWoA President from '76 - '82. This guy was hired by VW because
they wanted to build in the USA and McClernan was a top level GM
manufacturing exec. Lest we forget, because of the junk they were building
in the mid-70's, GM was in the process of losing about 25% of their market
share to the Japanese. Thus, in a brilliant move, VW transplanted into their
Company the exact wrong culture & processes and it would soon decimate their
US market share. VWs goal was capture 5% of the US market, about 500k sales
per year selling junk. Sure, the public is stupid!

They bought the Westmoreland plant (outside Pittsburg) from pre-Iacocca
Chrysler and an old AMC stamping plant in West Virginia, plus Chrysler's
Sterling Heights, MI plant, which never became operational and was
eventually sold back to Chrysler. They then proceeded to "Americanize" the
products with cheap looking interiors & trim, and disgusting color packages
like the baby blue on that pickup. (Driving one wearing sunglasses and a hat
made a good disguise.) Meanwhile the Japanese began setting up high quality
manufacturing in the USA, but VW announces they cannot make their cost &
quality goals here and shut the PA plant down, transferring production to
Mexico in '88. The Mexican-built cars were even worse. By '94 the labor
strife at the Puebla plant was so bad, and the quality of the cars so bad,
they shut the plant down and fored all the workers. They thus had no cars to
sell in the USA for 18 months save the idiotic Brazilian made Fox, and a few
German production models like the Passat and Corrado. In a nutshell, VWs US
management from 1975 - 1995 was among the worst in the auto industry.

The Rabbit pickup had no more effective payload capability than the sedan
with the rear seat folded down. Plus, since it was fwd, it was an ill
handling brick with any load in it at all. The cab was so small anyone over
6 ft could hardly enter the thing and the seat travel was non
existant....cramp city. Not that anyone would want to drive one of these
things very far, anyway. What would be the point? The dealers never
requested the product, but got it anyway. Because it quickly became
sales-proof they were outraged. However, the poor customers who bought 'em
made the ultimate automotive sacrifice.