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Subject:Re: VWfactory paint a joke/POR-15 paint
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Fri, 26 Jan 2001 23:53:17 +1200
>I've been pleased with quality of VW paint although after owning two Puke
>Beige vans, I question thier color selection.  I've owned Asian cars that
>seemed to be painted with water colors.
>
>Patrick
>Phoenix, AZ

Don't blame Toyota, blame their local assembly operations. Plenty of old
Toyotas here and their paint is as good as any cars of their ages
(Japanese-assembled) to the worst (NZ-assembled). Newer toyotas have
brilliant paint.

Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
VW & mollusc nut
1984 VW Type 25 Caravelle (currently SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans)
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi)
1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel wagon
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel (taxi)