Whaddya mean? the exchange rate is the mother of all conspiracy 
theories.

; )

Jim

On May 2, 2005, at 4:26 PM, Aaron Pearson wrote:

> i forgot about the exchange rate.  i'm sure that's it, though 
> conspiracy theories are more fun.
>
> aaron
> '87 syncro gl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jimt [mailto:camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO]
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 2:15 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: high-dollar pipes
>
> On 5/2/05 14:54, "Aaron Pearson" <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM> wrote:
>
>> my mechanic just told me that the dealer wants $225 for the return
>> plastic coolant pipe.  wtf???  vanagain.com has them for $214.  did
>> prices just go up?  i swear i saw them for ~$150 a few weeks ago.  his
>> theory is that vw is trying to force people to give up on the vanagon
>> so they start buying eurovans, and the t5 that they will eventually
>> bring to us.
>>
>> aaron
>> '87 syncro gl
>>
>>
>
> Actually no on the reason for the price increases.  Almost everything 
> I have been getting from europe is up by about 25 to 50 percent.  Its 
> called Bush dollars.  Also they arent made in large batches and more 
> and the material those pipes are made from isnt cheap either.  1.28 to 
> the euro now and the pound is up at about 1.90.  There are people 
> forecasting a 1.35 euro if the US doesn�t make some changes soon.
>
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