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Date:         Tue, 1 May 2001 18:09:34 -0300
Reply-To:     86 Westfalia <scotiawesty@ns.sympatico.ca>
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From:         86 Westfalia <scotiawesty@ns.sympatico.ca>
Subject:      Re: red mark on metric odometer
Comments: To: "Samuel L. Walters" <slwalters@earthlink.net>
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Good idea, but ours is an automatic! And, 50-55km is the only speed that is highlighted, so it's probably not for shifting.........hmmmmmmmm..................

----- Original Message ----- From: Samuel L. Walters <slwalters@earthlink.net> To: 86 Westfalia <scotiawesty@ns.sympatico.ca> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 5:54 PM Subject: Re: red mark on metric odometer

> These marks, if like the ones on my 84, which has no tachometer, > are approximations of when you should be shifting gears for fear of > overreving the engine. Somewhat like the redline idea with a tach. Of > course you usually would shift sooner than that. > > Mine has one red mark somewhere around 20 or so, two red marks at about > 35 or so, and three red marks around 50 or 55. Is this what you have? > > Sam Walters > 84 Vanagon - no tach red speedometer marks > 89 Syncro - tachometer >


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