VW Saveiro spotted in CA

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In this market people buy what the advertisements tell them to buy based mostly on "one upping" the Jones's. Car manufacturers are also not going to push economy cars because the profit margin per car is lower. It works here because people in North America have more money than brains. In other parts of the world financial necessity enhances common sense and that marketing strategy is not nearly as effective. They enjoy some pretty sweet economy cars that we don't even know exist.

Put the blame where it makes you feel good but the fact of the matter is that governments and manufactures are just as much to blame as the consumers for our lack of choice in the market. The bare fact is that no one needs 4 tones of gas guzzling 4X4 to ferry one person 8 blocks to work and back. Then complain bitterly about air quality and expect someone else to fix it! We are our own worst enemy.
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[ach60]

[lonotch]

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I'm a little fed up with companies that dictate to me what I want to buy. It's not just the automotive industry, it's a general attitude the the customer has no idea what is good for him so stuff this down his throat when he comes in because that's what we want to sell not what he wants.

I want a plane simple economy car without a lot of fluff and lipstick. They are just not available for sale anymore at the dealers and I refuse to believe that the public doesn't want that. I talk to people too you know... I'm not the only one!

Yes I would buy a little VW pickup in a heart beat if they were to bring them in!
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[lonotch]

We have a guy that comes up from Mexico to work on one of our machines in one of those VW trucks, they do look pretty cool. I was watching a car show based in Australia and the have a very cool looking Ford truck that has a ranchero/el Camino look and very modern.
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German Folks

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[aa390392]

As a former F/A, many stories of passengers on the wrong flights. emojis explain many of personel actions. Of said passengers.
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[Pruneman99]

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[iowegian]

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I also learned in the thread that you can get Mexican license plates in Canada and that the Latin ‘circa’ is abbreviated California
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[KTPhil]

Smart aleck SWA pilot gets on the PA after we take off on a flight from Burbank to San Jose (CA). Says, "The weather in Phoenix is 65, clear skies with a light wind out of the west.... long pause... and if you care about this report you are ON THE WRONG AIRPLANE!"

This was apt the time reports of truck pilots were more common... was he really joking?

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I did SJO Instead of SJC once. Thought it was weird they asked for my passport.

I was very late for my meeting
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[Pruneman99]

Once when I was working for an airline as a loadmaster in Phoenix, we took a delay on a flight because a passenger needed to be removed right before we pushed the aircraft out of the gate. The aircraft was going to Ontario, California. The passenger thought she was going to Ontario, Canada. She must have thought she was so smart when she bought a ticket all the way to Canada for $95.00.

That VW pickup is a nice looking truck. I've seen one or two driving around. Definitely popular south of the border. Not uncommon to see vehicles sold in Mexico and not in the US as people visit the States.

Even American car manufacturers have vehicles that they sell in other countries but not in the US.

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Someone on this site in another thread reprimanded me for saying these were VWs. He said that Toyota built them for VW but I just talked to a fellow in Argentina - and I looked up up on the "net" and that is FALSE! They are built by VW of Brazil.
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[busman78]

Well now lets not jump to conclusions, there are several Stockton's in Canada, the country code for Canada is CA, the poster may of neglected to mention the Province, but like the USA the crowd North of the our border did not get that VW either, so it will have to be a visitor from the South.

[dub01]