On Feb 3, 2011, at 5:44 AM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM> wrote:
> Living in hot and dry (though not today) Phoenix, we tend to lose plastic parts early in their expected lives.
> 
> I agree with Mark; most all of the parts he's mentioned have broken on my Westy ('85 with 450,000 miles).  Some of them get impacts on occasion, like knees to steering column covers and map pockets, while others just get normal usage, like door pulls and door latch inserts.  

That's terrible! Only 450,000 miles and plastic parts are falling apart?! Yikes! Those VW guys need to be flogged.

That's like a 4.5 lifetimes for many other makes of vehicles. 

VW Classic Parts is starting to reproduce some of these and making them available via your VW dealer. Here's hoping they make these items again since many of you seem to be breaking them. 

BenT