In a message dated 10/15/04 2:41:22 PM, wetwesty@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO writes:

<< The same can be said of VW parts being sold.  It isnt

where they are being made but to whose quality standards they are being

made. >>

How naive.  Standards don't mean a thing without vigilant scrutiny.  I saw
this some years ago in a consulting job I did at a factory which produced
railroad brake beams.  The manufacturing of these components are regulated and
certified by the FTC because they are vital to railroad safety.  The dumbshit plant
manager had gone to China where he was sucked into buying their junk raw
castings.  Oh, the goods came with all the requisite documentation certifying the
production from the time it was molten metal, but the paper had no more
veracity than what you unreel as you are sitting on the crapper.  Apparently, you
got to watch those Chinese like a hawk or else they're gonna slip one in on you.

George