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Hey Peter B... I'm sorry, I posted because I happened to agree with _
...
did I offend? I would love to know what I did wrong. I am a newcomer
to
VWs, but I have been round this forum a while, and if you don't like
my
posts, just email me. I don't mind being told off once in a while,
but thekind of sarcasm you are giving off makes me wonder why I am
here at all.

Sam F

peterb wrote:
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> samf wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the food-for-thought. It was good to bring it to our
>> attention, it's just hard for us to understand when you present an
>> anti-VWish link without explaining yourself.
>> That said, you are going to post similar info on GM/Ford forums as
>> well, right?
>>
>> pete> _ wrote:
>>>
> that was a very stimulating post, thanks whoever you are.
>

Do you know these are one of the most popular cars around today? Do
you also know the company started out by making planes? Did you know
those were the ones used for the attack on Pearl Habor and was the
staple plane for the Japanese Army? I guess we'll have to trash
those as well! Or, we could all move on, we are in the 21st
century.

Wendyful wrote:
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> bpbatch wrote:
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>> Relax, Air-cooled. I was merely expanding on what Steve had written,
>> and in trying to keep the discussion topical and the dialouge
>> flowing, I offered my insight... unlike yourself.
>>
>
>
> Who is callin my buddy a "dork"? Name callin is not very
> gentlemanly.. BARRRRRRRR FIGHTTTT! Okay I have KILLER, SKULL,
> HACKSAW, and BUTCH ... you can have Percy.
> --Wendy
>
Wow! She drives a primo vert, can fly a plane, AND get your back
when the fists start flyin'.... if it wasn't for the whole talkin'
to the groceries thing, wendy would be perfect!

Wendyful wrote:
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> one last comment wrote:
>>
>> Do you know these are one of the most popular cars around today? Do
>> you also know the company started out by making planes? Did you know
>> those were the ones used for the attack on Pearl Habor and was the
>> staple plane for the Japanese Army? I guess we'll have to trash
>> those as well! Or, we could all move on, we are in the 21st
>> century.
>>
> THEY MADE PLANES???? cool. hahahhahahaaaa
>
Mitsubishi made the Zero. It was a light and highly maneuverable
carrier based fighter. They were also used in the kamikaze
attacks.

CLW

After the war VW was bankrupt and entirely bombed to shit,later a
british officer(doent remember his name), took over and rebuilt VW
for only civilian and commercial vehicles. At least I remember
reading this a while back. Anyone care to elaborate?
    Jonathan
69FASTY

Dan wrote:
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> GM already had a controlling interest in Opal when Hitler came to
> power. There is no direct evidence that I know of linking Al Sloan
> and others to the loosely organized group of German industrialists
> that were so instrumental in Hitler coming to power, but it is
> certainly true that General Motors built many of the trucks the
> Wehrmacht rode triumphantly into Poland, "Die Juden zu straffen." As
> long as it could, the German Government paid GM/Opal faithfully for
> the vehicles built.
>
> Meanwhile, GM in Detroit got a contract to build Liberator motors
(as
> I recall this was the good ol' Pratt and Whitney radial, but I may
> have that little detail wrong). Liberators were used in a raid which
> largely destroyed the Opal plant. Some of this ships almost
> certainly had GM engines in them. The U. S. government, of course,
> was able to make good on ALL its contracts with GM.
>
> After the war, Opal AG was able to successfully sue the United
States
> government for reparations. Thus, GM made a profit on most of the
> trucks, made a profit on the bombers, and collected indemnities
> after the war for damage caused to their factories by their
> bombers...
>
I think you meant Opel, not Opal. It's akin to saying Volkswagon
instead of Volkswagen.