In a message dated 11/19/05 5:22:24 PM, groups.florian@GMAIL.COM writes:

<< VW chairman Dr Bernd Pischetsrieder knows its place in the world. "The VW
bus was never just a means of transport - it has always been an emotive cult
object," he said. >>

"an emotive cult object". . . Please spare me.  Apparently the good doktor
was not around whenever the VW bus achieved cult stature.  Had he been he would
realize the cult consisted of a bunch of bourgeois suburban kids who needed
cheap wheels, a place to crash and whose toolbox held only a rusty Crescent
wrench, a carpenter's hammer and a roach clip.

George