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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 22:17:36 -0500
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From: Robert Moskowitz <rgm3@pop3hub.is.chrysler.com>
Subject: RE: MIME, Windows CE and the Volkswagen Thing
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At 11:22 PM 12/8/96 -0800, Ian Ferrell (Exchange) wrote:
>
>In a kind-of-unrelated-note, I enjoyed Robert Moskowitz's post on USCAR
>removing "non-value-add" designs from automobile parts. I drive a 1973
>Volkswagen Thing (designed with ~85% ubiquitous Volkswagen Beetle parts
>and 15% ultra-rare Volkswagen Thing-specific parts of dubious value-add)
>so I feel this pain every time I have to ship a rear brake drum or the
>like to Seattle from some obscure German military parts depot. (And
>please don't bring up trying to find an OEM vehicle jack or
>side-curtains... :-) While this initiative won't help my car, it will
>hopefully shorten the line at my local auto-parts counter so I get to
>the "you need a rear brake drum for your *what*?" stage a lot quicker...

US law requires us OEMs to maintain parts for 10 years after model
termination.  You are out beyond that delimiter.

There has to be a lesson to learn here....