VW Eos

[fahrvergnugen at cox.net (David Utley)]

We had a number of Convertible New Beetles with trouble.  They have a
hydraulic motor either side, and two pin switches on either side.  The pin
switches were the trouble, they were tiny and would easily fail, making the
car think the top was still up when it was down.  Also, there were cable
issues.  Instead of an actual cable, they used nylon cord to hold up the
headliner.  They would occasionally fail, and the entire top would have to
be replaced.

I am told that VW got help from the same company that Mercedes uses on their
convertibles, and I must assume that that is not Karmann.  I dunno if they
did or not, but I DO know that I am highly skeptical of the longevity of
this car.  45 motors?  Planned Obsolesence is not just for CD players
anymore...

David

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Bednarz [mailto:vwsportruck@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 8:15 AM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: VW Eos

My understanding is that these are having issues with leaking in a big way.
Hopefully they'll get that sorted out prior to anyone actually buying one
and sitting in a wet seat...
   
  -=Mark
  '80 Scirocco
  '81 Rabbit Sportruck
  '00 Passat GLX Wagon

Matt Gregory <vdub.grego@gmail.com> wrote:
  How mystifying can a hardtop opening and closing be I thought to 
myself ... so I found this:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3198927365125863633&q=vw+eos 
+opening

dang.

matt.

On 7 Oct 2006, at 8:14 AM, C Boyko wrote:

> On 6:11 am 10/07/06 julie@menloparkrandd.com wrote:
>> I LIKE! >> 08V
>> OLKS.html>
>>
>> Greek mythology, Eos was the supernaturally beautiful goddess of the
>> dawn, the brightest star in the morning sky. She was also a bit of a
>> tramp, and had many lovers. Chart: 4-Seat Retractable Hardtop
>> Convertibles
>
>
> It's a great name for it, and this car just does'nt ever need to 
> have an
> engine. Watching that roof retract is enough, it's just mystifying, 
> one of
> the most amazing bits of automotive puzzlemaking I have ever seen. 
> We got
> to watch one open and close its roof repeatedly at WF while we were 
> waiting
> in a long line. It has a sunroof in the retractable hardtop, its 
> really
> slick (as long as it all works right, I'd hate to see what it does 
> if the
> body gets bent even a little!) Are we getting these in Canada, 
> anyone know?
> I'm not looking to buy one, but I could watch that hard top open 
> and close
> all day long.
> Cathy
>
>
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