At 02:54 PM 18/06/2001, Donna Stewart wrote:
>Lawyers on the list can chime in here but please remember that just 
>because VW got hit with a large jury verdict doesn't mean they're required 
>to suddenly start retrofitting vans with anything.  As far as I'm aware 
>any such verdict is probably on appeal, and the jury's verdict does not 
>necessarily require VW to do anything other than pay the settlement to the 
>plaintiff.  It is possible VW on its own decided to retrofit older 
>vans.  However, I've made two phone calls this morning, wasted 30 minutes 
>and struck out on both calls - neither VW nor my local dealer knows 
>anything about this.  BTW, the woman I spoke to at VW's customer service 
>number listed on their website did not know the difference between a 
>Eurovan and a Vanagon.

Exact same story here in Canada.  Nobody knows anything, and I look (sound) 
like I come from Mars (of course my wife and daughter knew that already...)
Urban Legend?
Would it be the first one to come about?

BTW, Fao-V� has revamped their tech. service web site (tech.vw.com) with 
search capability. Too bad those documents aren't pdf-ed yet.

�ric - '84