Date:         Sat, 16 Aug 2003 20:19:32 EDT
Reply-To:     ChrisW8502@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chris Wright <ChrisW8502@AOL.COM>
Subject:      [Joel...] Re: A Vanagon mystery?  Please Help
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Joel,

Ya, I understand the skepticism however lucky for me I have very "good"proof
i.e. three or four work receipts from an authorized VW dealership showing my
previous mileage when it happened (108,000 miles) and then receipts starting
only a month later showing the new mileage 100,000 miles greater...  Trust me
when I say that I literally watched as the far left numeral 1 slowly turned to
2. That is why I have titled this subject heading "A Vanagon MYSTERY"... Its
the strangest thing... To make matters worse as I wrote in my original email
nothing appears wrong with the gears... Everyone I have taken it to also
acknowledges that this car does not have the wear and tear of 200 plus thousand miles,
and asks me whats up...  If it would help the board help me with my problem
by showing "proof" of my problem being a legitimate one maybe I can call VW
with my VIN number have them fax or email me a record which will show that my
mileage "mysteriously" went up 100,000 miles in less then a month?

I am so afraid of taking apart the odometer/speedommeter because I might
break it. If I had a $300 plus a ferry ticket and the time I would bring it off
the island I am on right now (Martha's Vineyard, Mass.) and have VW do it... I
am just hoping that someone on this list has seen or heard of the same mystery
problem and can point me in the direction I need to go from here to bring my
odometer back.

Thanks for your reply Joel,
-Chris

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> Subj: Re: A Vanagon mystery? Please Help
>  Date: 8/15/2003 9:59:29 PM Eastern Standard Time
>  From: <A HREF="mailto:jwalker17@earthlink.net">jwalker17@earthlink.net</A>
>  To: <A HREF="mailto:ChrisW8502@AOL.COM">ChrisW8502@AOL.COM</A>
>  Sent from the Internet
>
>
>
> >I have a real mystery involving my 1987 Vanagon Syncro's
> odometer going from
> >100,000 some odd miles to 200,000 some odd miles in less then
> 24 hours. I sat
> >there and watched as the far left numeral "1" slowly turned to
> "2" as I drove.
>
> huh?? uh, like that kinda sorta isn't really possible. i think.
> i mean, i don't doubt that you THINK you saw it. and you THINK
> you still see it,
> but them gears don't work that way. i've been sitting here
> looking at one for several minutes.
>
> ok. tomorrow morning, go out and look at it BEFORE you start
> drinking. ;)
>
> only thing i can suggest is get a 'new' speedo and put it in,
> then you can disassemble the old one and see what went crazy.
> and let us know!!! :)
>
> joel
>
> >>