---- Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> " i don't think toyota supplies to its dealers instructions for adding a roof canopy for being out in the sun, or engine shield for rocky roads!"
>
> Ha!
>
> All toyota did was to make  vehicles that work in difficult conditions without modifications.
>
> That VW publication dates from 1984, that's 28 years ago.

actually, 1960, which is 52 years ago:

" Instructions for
Tropical Climate Operation
Group Z4
September 1960
534 074 20
VOKSWGENWERK AG
Service Department"