Seeing as how I am _still_ getting the following server msg every time I
post, I can tell you that there are... well, you can see for yourself:

"Your message  dated Mon, 17 Oct  2005 13:34:40 -0700 with  subject "Re:
Traveling/Camping With a Baby" has been successfully distributed to the
vanagon list (810 recipients)."

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 5:08 PM
Subject: Protest Volkswagen over copyright infringements

> How many of us are on this list??? 100? 500? 1000?
>
> Would it not be at least an eyebrow lifter if in the VW Towers of Power
> they received a formal protest with the signatures of hundreds of
> vanagon owners on it??
>
> VW is making a colossal mistake in exercising this negative attitude
> about their name being associated with things. They could do so much,
> gain so much publicity, a lot of it free, for their products, if they
> connected themselves to things. Th could build a product loyalty that
> you wouldn't beleive. But are they doing that?? No. Instead they are
> digging themselves a hole. I for one, at this point, will never buy one
> of their new products. It will be American or Japanese next time. The
> Vanagon is from an era that has passed, and may eventually become
> supported entirely by the aftermarket folks, just like the old Beetles
> and Buses. A crappy corporate culture will permeate all the way down to
> the bottom, and eventually result in the erosion of the customer base.
> Those turkeys are really blowing it.
>
> My $0.02.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver