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Rust is indeed a problem, but it used to be much worse in the 70's when they used way more salt on the roads, sorta like New England in the US is still doing it now. The technical inspection is no problem if you maintain your car. Since the tenth owner a car doesn't usually do this, he eventually runs into problems. The part about Germanys automotive industry and the fast turnover is mostly BULL. Germany is still nowhere near as much a "easy come, easy go, of to the junkyard" society like the US. Fact is that German don't have the room to store a car for 10 years , that can then be found by a potential restorer. The new environmental punishment taxes are doing their part too. It not a Government plot, its a "Treehugger" plot, and its not going to get better. While in the US the Grandfather Clause (you bought it this way, you can keep it this way) is saving our hobby, this is not accepted in Germany where they have just tripled taxes on cars without CAT. Retrofit kits for all VW's are in the making or are already available. Because the environmentalists will never get a stranglehold on the US as they already have on Germeny, it is and will be better to be a Classic Car freak in the US then in Germany. Martin Peitz Steven Ayres wrote: > > PhilD=> I am curious to learn if her statement was correct...that > => Squarebacks are very rare in Germany > > It's my understanding that a severe inspection regime and endemic rust > make it a good deal harder to keep any old car in Germany. I don't think > it's a coincidence that Germany and Japan have the world's most successful > postwar automotive industries and laws that make old cars prohibitively > costly to keep, promoting faster product turnover. > > Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ > '66 343 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe