VW Brazil to end production of the water-cooled Bay

jonyem · Post by **jonyem** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:54 pm

http://blog.caranddriver.com/volkswagen ... sic-kombi/

Wonder what kind of impact it will have on aftermarket parts.

Sylvester · Post by **Sylvester** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:58 pm

I would still like to have one, used of course.

Can we drive to Mexico and get some cheap parts?

Kubelwagen · Post by **Kubelwagen** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 7:01 pm

Article says they are working on a replacement. A true update could be very interesting.

Westy78 · Post by **Westy78** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 8:36 pm

Kubelwagen wrote:Article says they are working on a replacement. A true update could be very interesting.

It frightens me of what their thoughts of a replacement would be though. They did pretty well with the Beetle as far as styling however.

Kubelwagen · Post by **Kubelwagen** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:07 pm

Yeah - the new, new, new Beetle is a nice looking car. Far from simple and inexpensive, however.

Post by **Amskeptic** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:55 am

jonyem wrote:http://blog.caranddriver.com/volkswagen ... sic-kombi/

Wonder what kind of impact it will have on aftermarket parts.

License to get ever cheaper and even more indifferent to dimensions-creep and fitment headaches.
Colincrab

covelo · Post by **covelo** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:33 pm

That's sad. It was so nice to see so many newer Bays over there.

tristessa · Post by **tristessa** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:58 pm

I think this means it's time to put together a south-of-the-border parts run. Windshields would be good...

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 3:22 pm

And you can just deny their existence at the border! Oh, classic.

Kubelwagen · Post by **Kubelwagen** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:59 am

Totally work. They'd *never* think to search a bus, man.

:)

Post by **Amskeptic** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:44 pm

Kubelwagen wrote:Totally work. They'd *never* think to search a bus, man.

:)

Let them.
"What are all those parts, mister?"
"Hey, my car is over forty years old, I always bring several spare parts."
"Six windshields?"
"Absolutely. All of those border patrol Blazers and Suburbans passing me on the interstate throw pebbles out of their M/S tires, it's a real problem."

Hippie · Post by **Hippie** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:01 pm

Amskeptic wrote:
jonyem wrote:http://blog.caranddriver.com/volkswagen ... sic-kombi/

Wonder what kind of impact it will have on aftermarket parts.
License to get ever cheaper and even more indifferent to dimensions-creep and fitment headaches.
Colincrab

That's one way to look at it. Another way is that they can only get better:
They are not serviceable now, but cost money. No parts at all are equally not serviceable--and free.
That's better.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:27 pm

See, because they're clear the agents won't know they're there. There. See? They won't be able to see them.
Now I'm confused...

Hippie · Post by **Hippie** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:54 pm

sped372 · Post by **sped372** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:30 am

I think he was referring to the windshields, the fact that they're transparent. I think.

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