> On Tue, 18 May 1999 22:28:14 -0400
> The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM> wrote:
>
> Bosch's oil filters are not even made by Bosch; they are US-made
> Only Mann and Mahle/Knecht are the "real thing."

> This is NOT true.
> If you ask BOSCH they will tell you that they make there own filters.
> SO plz can you tell me why would say such a thing? Bosch makes
> one of best filters availible. On par with Mahle and mann. For some
> parts of the world, bosch is the OEM supplier for VW. Please do some
> research before saying incorrect information!

I should have clarified that I am referring only to the Bosch filter sold in
the United States.  Bosch may indeed be making their own filter and selling
it elsewhere in the world, but the U.S.-distributed Bosch Vanagon oil
filters I have seen here were not their own. I am not the only one who has
made this observation, as a check of the archives will confirm. Furthermore,
the filters sold by Volkswagen of America here in the U.S. are German made
filters a la Mann, NOT the U.S. made filters sold here under the Bosch name.
Again, if you are outside of the U.S., you may be getting a different filter
than we are, as Bosch does not always distribute the identical product to
all markets.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  http://www.busdepot.com