Suleman is doing well,
He is still in California, driving Mercs instead of VDubs. Well at least
he has not gone off German metal. He is still a listee but nowadays just lurks
due to lack of time. Im hoping he'd read these posts and chip in.
Im glad that you saw the pictures and read the text too with deep
interest. I think you have gathered that 'chotas' is a term for apprentices. In
Urdu, the local language 'chota' means small/little/young. Apprentices are
casually referred to as chotas and called by that title.
Yes VWs have universal appeal. I have lately noticed most if not all
young kids stare at my daily driven 68 with wide eyes, often smiling and
excitedly gathering the attention of their parents towards the car. I always
think of one thing. Its a pity that VWs are a rare sight for these kids. But at
the same time their enthusiasm inspires me to continue with the passion. A
smiling kid makes for an extra reward.
The Government here passed a rule designed to take offroad the ageing
commercial vehicles. Those are badly maintained and contribute to a lot of
problems, pollution, accidents, unsafe interiors etc. Unfortunately there was a
rumor that the privately owned older models (pre 70 0r 74 I think) would be
taken offroad too. Then came the banks with their car leasing schemes. Every
Tom, Dick and Harry drove out a brand new Toyota, Honda or Suzuki from the
showroom. High fuel prices didnt help either. A Beetle is considered heavy on
petrol here. Reason being the competition from tiny 800cc unsafe matchbox cars
so popular.
And now they say that the will start annual checkups for emissions and
all. Implementation remains difficult.
Still we hope for the best.
Good to note that you plan to be faithful to Li'l Red forever.
Asad.
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008
> 10:57:06 -0600> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] 1998-2008 VW Bug> > I remember
> Suleman! What is he doing now? Hope everything is fine with > him.> > I went
> back and looked at your pictures of the Australian bug rescue with > the
> chotas looking on. It just tells me that the VW is a vehicle with > universal
> appeal. It's a shame that governments with their red tape and > greed want to
> remove these old vehicles. Yeah they don't meet emissions > however, they do
> use less fuel and catalytic convertors could be designed to > help with the
> problems. I still don't see any other vehicle being produced > that I'd want
> to own with one exception - the Smart Car from Mercedes - I > love the idea
> of increased fuel mileage and a vehicle that is even smaller > yet than the
> bug. I'm still a VW man and really, as I get older, I fully > expect to be
> the only left in my county who is actively driving them. If I > live to !
be 80, that would mean my Li'l Red would be 77 years old. I plan on > keeping
him that long - he's a darn good little car.> > Erin > >
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