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Would you believe........
Hi all you SVXers out in SVXland,
We received an interesting call yesterday. I just want to reiterate to everyone that this site is being monitored by SOA/SIA. They are quite appreciative of our favorable comments about the planrt tour since the 10th Anniv. SVX Meet. So just a reminder to have fun, be nice, and let's use "DA PROPA INLISH". (PS: Speeling & punctuation,,,,,,, count) I can just see Maxwell Smart at supper every night. His phone rings. He takes off his shoe an answers. Would you believe that it's a long distance company trying get him to switch to their latest calling plan. Welcome to the 21st century.
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Larry III & The Beautiful Naviguesser '19 Tungsten Pearl Outback 3.6R Ltd...."AISHA" '08 Harvest Gold Outback 3.0L. L. L. Bean...."AIJOU" '07 Gray Diamond Pearl Outback XT Ltd..."AH SO" '05 White Pearl & Silver BAJA Turbo..."AH HA" '97 Bordeaux Pearl SVX LSi..."SUBYDOO" '94 White Pearl SVX LSi..."PEARLY" '92 White Pearl SVX LSL w/touring pkg..."SVXY" '92 Teal SVX LSL w/touring pkg..."ALCYONE" '96 Polo Green LSi ... "MIDORI" '00 Black Dodge VIPER RT-10... "VINNIE" Engineers do it with precision. English teachers are novel lovers. Home: larrysingeriii@comcast.net SVX FEVER, CATCH IT AT A MEET NEAR YOU !! Last edited by LarryIII; 08-02-2002 at 04:45 AM. |
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Larence,
Would you expand on the content of your conversation with SOA/SIA? You rather left us "hanging".... Harry
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newsvx 1992 SVX LSL, #1215 1997 SVX LSi, #370 "I live with fear every day. Sometimes she lets me go racing." "Getting Older and Slower" Locker: http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/user.php?newsvx |
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I wonder if they looked in my locker and saw my picture with Mr. Nagano? I think we favor and could possibly be long lost relatives…. Uncle Masayoshi, can I have a Baja for Christmas? Just kidding,,,,
It is amazing for a CEO to spend the amount of time that he did with us Saturday night. He stayed the entire evening…. took the time to pose for every picture and sign every mug/T-shirt that was requested. I’m just sorry I had to leave and missed the SIA Plant tour on Monday. Thank you again Mr. Nagano and SIA Bill |
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Bill,
The pix that you should delete from your locker is the one of you with those two female types. Where your hands are in that photo- inquiring minds want to know ? Larry III PS: Suddenty, 673 SVXers try to crash into Bill's locker simultaneously. |
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I was impressed with the time that SIA/SOA VIPs (Mr. Nagano and all of the others) spent with us at the dinner and the tour lunch. It makes my SVX even more special to me when such special people are willing to take time out of their busy lives and show us that they care. My son and I were able to take home a keepsake (signed mug) that we will charish and will be part of our wonderful experience at the 10th Anniversary Meet. I am even more dedicated to Subaru that I was before. I am very impressed !!
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. Earl .... ... .... ><SVX(*> Subaru Ambassador [COLOR=”silver”]1992 Tri Color L[/COLOR] ~45K (06/91) #2430 1992 Dark Teal LS-L ~184K (05/91) #0739 1992 Claret LS-L ~196K (05/91) #0831 1992 Pearl LS-L ~103K (06/91) #1680 1992 Pearl LS-L ~151K (06/91) #2229 1992 Dark Teal LS ~150K (07/91) #3098 (parts car) 1992 White LS-L ~139K (08/92) #6913 1993 25th AE ~98K (02/93) #164 1993 25th AE ~58K (02/93) #176 1993 25th AE ~107K (02/93) #215 1993 25th AE ~162K (02/93) #223 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~124K (1/94) #2408 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~144K (10/93) #1484 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~68K (10/93) #1525 1994 Barcelona Red LSi ~46K (02/94) #2624 1994 Pearl LSi ~41K (12/93) #1961 1995 Bordeaux Pearl LSi ~70K (02/95) #855 1996 Polo Green LSi ~95K (03/96) #872 1997 Bordeaux Pearl LSi ~55K (08/96) #097 2003 Brilliant Red LS1 Convertible ~29K (04/03) #8951 1999 Magnetic Red LS1 Coupe ~33K (04/99) #6420 My Email | Old Locker | New Locker | Picture of 15 of the 19 |
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Harry,
I cannot expand on the phone conversation. It wasn't me that they spoke to. I am relating the info. second hand. The gist of it is that they seem happy with us and they are looking at us probably as potential customers. What they and SAAB (I used to own SAABS) don't realize is that a few fanatical owners are better than millions spent on advertising. 'Word of mouth' is the best advertising. Someday the marketing guys in most companies will wise up, but not if the ad agencies keep wining & dining them.
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Larry III & The Beautiful Naviguesser '19 Tungsten Pearl Outback 3.6R Ltd...."AISHA" '08 Harvest Gold Outback 3.0L. L. L. Bean...."AIJOU" '07 Gray Diamond Pearl Outback XT Ltd..."AH SO" '05 White Pearl & Silver BAJA Turbo..."AH HA" '97 Bordeaux Pearl SVX LSi..."SUBYDOO" '94 White Pearl SVX LSi..."PEARLY" '92 White Pearl SVX LSL w/touring pkg..."SVXY" '92 Teal SVX LSL w/touring pkg..."ALCYONE" '96 Polo Green LSi ... "MIDORI" '00 Black Dodge VIPER RT-10... "VINNIE" Engineers do it with precision. English teachers are novel lovers. Home: larrysingeriii@comcast.net SVX FEVER, CATCH IT AT A MEET NEAR YOU !! |
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bill Green 95 SVX - Cleo Green 97 Outback - Maxine Red F-150 Extended Cab Long Bed - Big Boy Even the best monkey sometimes drops his banana. |
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Bill,
I agree. If some dealership messes something up and wont fix it there are zone reps, Better Business Bureaus, state attoney generals, state consumer affairs groups, etc. I don't care if it's a Subaru, Chevy, or Mercedes Benz dealer. I have a Subaru dealership 15 min. from my house (Concorville Nissan Subaru). He screwed up 3 different subies that I brought there for service (96 Outback, 97 OB & 97 SVX). That's why I drive 45 min. to a dealership where I trust the service dept (Rafferty Subaru). I tell every local subie owner that I meet that Concordville's sevice dept. stinks and Rafferty's is great (word of mouth advertising). They couldn't pay me enough to take my cars back to Concordville for service. They were also slightly higher than Rafferty when I started pricing 2002 VDC Outback wagons.
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Larry III & The Beautiful Naviguesser '19 Tungsten Pearl Outback 3.6R Ltd...."AISHA" '08 Harvest Gold Outback 3.0L. L. L. Bean...."AIJOU" '07 Gray Diamond Pearl Outback XT Ltd..."AH SO" '05 White Pearl & Silver BAJA Turbo..."AH HA" '97 Bordeaux Pearl SVX LSi..."SUBYDOO" '94 White Pearl SVX LSi..."PEARLY" '92 White Pearl SVX LSL w/touring pkg..."SVXY" '92 Teal SVX LSL w/touring pkg..."ALCYONE" '96 Polo Green LSi ... "MIDORI" '00 Black Dodge VIPER RT-10... "VINNIE" Engineers do it with precision. English teachers are novel lovers. Home: larrysingeriii@comcast.net SVX FEVER, CATCH IT AT A MEET NEAR YOU !! |
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I agree Larry
I don't know if you saw the sticker in my back window, but my dealership, Hodges Subaru in Ferndale, MI has a 100,000 mile club and a 200,000 mile club. These both entitle the bearers to parts and service discounts. The people are great and I gladly drive 45 minutes to them versus the 15 minute drive to Suburban Subaru due to prior bad experiences.
Todd
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Personally, I believe Mr. Nagano appreciates the above. By treating us so well, SOA now has about 90 ambassadors of good will with very good words of Subaru - not just the car, but the people. And buying anything, one deals with people. And regardless of the price, most will buy where they are respected and treated well. My thanks to Mr. Nagano and SIA / SOA! Harry
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newsvx 1992 SVX LSL, #1215 1997 SVX LSi, #370 "I live with fear every day. Sometimes she lets me go racing." "Getting Older and Slower" Locker: http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/user.php?newsvx |
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Mr. Nagano's email address
Anyone know if it is possible or even feasible to get Mr. Nagano's email address. Perhaps not his personal address but one that will get a note to his Secretary or his office. I would like to send him a personal note of thanks for his overall gracious hospitality and most specifically his patience signing all those momentos Saturday night. You bet, after all that plus the Monday plant tour (which I unfortunately couldn't attend) Subaru has at least another 90 plus walking and driving good will ambassadors.
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Stan Sold 92 Pearlie in 2002 and 96 Polo in 2009, both to Earl Steele. Currently driving 2004 Acura TL |
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Emailing Mr Nagano
Larry,
Has anyone considered sending SIA/SOA, or Mr Nagano an official "Thank you" letter with the new SVX site Logo? Names of the attendees from the Lafayette meet as well as any other members who would like to be identified could be placed on the letter. It may sound silly, but it just might be a keepsake that he, and the companies, would appreciate. Just a thought. Scott '94 Barcelona Red SVX |
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Scott,
Rosie & I sent a letter to SIA through Chia. In the letter, we thanked everyone at SIA , especially Mr. Nagano. We also sent a thank you letter to Patrick Circle at the Homewood Suites & Hampton Inn. Neither letter had any letterhead. Both letters were typed in Word Perfect ver. 7.0 for Windows, so I don't think that I can post them here. I will try to convert them to MS Word then I will try to put them in my locker.
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Larry III & The Beautiful Naviguesser '19 Tungsten Pearl Outback 3.6R Ltd...."AISHA" '08 Harvest Gold Outback 3.0L. L. L. Bean...."AIJOU" '07 Gray Diamond Pearl Outback XT Ltd..."AH SO" '05 White Pearl & Silver BAJA Turbo..."AH HA" '97 Bordeaux Pearl SVX LSi..."SUBYDOO" '94 White Pearl SVX LSi..."PEARLY" '92 White Pearl SVX LSL w/touring pkg..."SVXY" '92 Teal SVX LSL w/touring pkg..."ALCYONE" '96 Polo Green LSi ... "MIDORI" '00 Black Dodge VIPER RT-10... "VINNIE" Engineers do it with precision. English teachers are novel lovers. Home: larrysingeriii@comcast.net SVX FEVER, CATCH IT AT A MEET NEAR YOU !! |
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