I wish I had that much confidence in VW.  It seems like about the time I
learn to trust VW again, they release products with horrible flaws and then
support them badly.  Don't get me wrong, I love my Vanagon and I'm somewhat
attached to my Passat but these are my LAST Volkswagens.  I don't use a Mac,
but the Mac's reliability were on the the level with my Vanagon and Passat,
I'd feel VERY comfortable in my continued choice of Microsoft as a platform
with which to run my graphic design consultancy.

Right now the Vanagon has actually surpassed the Passat in reliability.  At
215,000 miles compared to the Passat's 55,000.  Perhaps there's just a lot
less to go wrong with the Vanagon.

Donald Baxter
Iowa City, Iowa

WSUI-KSUI Webmaster
http://wsui.uiowa.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Jones" <ALOHADREAM@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: It's a Beautiful Day in America!...

> That's okay. Apple and Volkswagen can just keep churning out the cool
> products and the rest of the world can keep copying.
> Thank goodness there are companies like Apple and Volkswagen around to
create
> new products, trends, and technology - then find neat ways to promote
them.
>
> Bryan