in the early 70s i had a VW and the heater ran off the gastank... scared the sh!t out of me...OK. For starters, it’s, ‘The Atlantic.’
My family, FILLED TO THE BRIM with German Jews, (me included, we converted to Lutheranism when Great Grandpa landed here in the late 1800’s) have owned dozens and dozens of Volkswagons.
I, myself have owned a 1971 VW Bug, a Jetta and now, a Golf. My Dad has owned 18 VW products in his 80 year life-span.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how bad is this?
Should we just kill ourselves, now? ;)
I had a VW diesel Rabbit. Drove it for 180,000 miles, and saved tons of money. We also had a VW bus, which we used to transport our kids and dogs and to go camping in. Great cars. It was a sad day when the diesel Rabbits were done in because people complained about diesel fumes.
in the early 70s i had a VW and the heater ran off the gastank... scared the sh!t out of me...Oy gevalt! Don't be such an alter cocker (/jk)
...the regional government and employees get seats on the corporate board. Can you talk about how that shapes how executives behave?
Ewing: Right, the structural thing is the degree of power that the workers have. The temptation this created for management was, you never had to worry about any outsiders if you could appease the workers and the state of Lower Saxony . It allowed the chief executives, if they were willing to sort of make this pact with the workers and the politicians, to have almost dictatorial power, more power than one would get at other companies.
They were only following orders.
3 bugs and a bus in my past.