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CZenner
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 Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:16 am Post subject: VW part number 199 398 500 A |
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| Anybody had the chance to sample this part number? |
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finster
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| Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:52 am Post subject: Re: VW part number 199 398 500 A |
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you will also require part #199 398 500 B 
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borninabus
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| Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 2:09 pm Post subject: Re: VW part number 199 398 500 A |
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i asked here if someone in the EU was willing to send me some.
i know that these kinds of parts are not allowed to be shipped into the US.
no takers 
sad that they are being discontinued, NLA.
i wonder how long the NOS supply will hold out?
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finster
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| Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: VW part number 199 398 500 A |
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still available in the uk. I thought the unpopular vw ceo Diess wanted them dropped from the vw canteen menu but not cease production completely.
https://uk.motor1.com/news/525619/volkswagen-wolfsburg-currywurst-goes-vegan/
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my59
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| Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 7:21 pm Post subject: Re: VW part number 199 398 500 A |
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| borninabus wrote: |
i asked here if someone in the EU was willing to send me some.
i know that these kinds of parts are not allowed to be shipped into the US.
no takers :(
sad that they are being discontinued, NLA.
i wonder how long the NOS supply will hold out? |
I suggest you go to Europe, and time your arrival back to JFK in NYC just before the flight from Kingston, Jamaica arrives. Tell em you're a vw gear head, pull out some shiny plastic vw bit from your pocket, and wax poetic about your trip to the factory.
I've never brought cheese, sausage, or Cuban cigars home, never ever, I swear.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:15 am Post subject: Re: VW part number 199 398 500 A |
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Wurst news I've heard all day
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static
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| Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:17 am Post subject: Re: VW part number 199 398 500 A |
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Of course, one cannot bring sausages back to the USA or you might incur the wrath of the USDA airport Beagles.
But you can bring back a bottle of official Volkswagen ketchup with logo and everything.
By the way, the VW wurst are really, really, good! And since you’re not doing anything more important than reading the Samba, fly to Germany right now, catch a train to Wolfsburg, a taxi to Workstadt and have lunch at the canteen (which is astonishingly expensive, by the way). Then, return home and resume reading the Samba. |
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dodger tom
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| Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:21 am Post subject: Re: VW part number 199 398 500 A |
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sorry, but this opens up a can of worms……
namely who the hell puts ketchup on a wiener!!!???
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creative native
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| Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 7:18 pm Post subject: Re: VW part number 199 398 500 A |
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I have heard before that the food at VW's Canteen is extraordinary. I also heard that they went vegan and/or vegetarian. As for their spicy ketchup, I do not know their ingredients, but I do like spicy ketchup on my potatoes and usually just mix Aleppo pepper into the ketchup, which I think is delicious.
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finster
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 11:26 am Post subject: Re: VW part number 199 398 500 A |
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interesting fact - just like vw, currywurst was made possible with help from the post-war british military...
The invention of currywurst is attributed to Herta Heuwer in Berlin in 1949, after she obtained ketchup (or possibly Worcestershire sauce) and curry powder from British soldiers in Germany. She mixed these ingredients with other spices and poured it over grilled pork sausage.
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