Date:         Mon, 14 Mar 2005 06:28:49 -0800
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
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From:         Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Life after speedometer, why do they break?
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On 13 Mar 2005 at 23:01, Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> Sam, I think the trip meter warning to reset only when
> stopped is just another bourbon legend passed along
> because it sounds good.
<snip>
> I have also been resetting the trip meter while
> driving, about ten years.
>
> Any other old Vanagon tales like this?

My '85 Jetta speedo went to 480k kms without fault, and I regularly reset it while
driving, nearly every tank. My '88 Westy is at 387k kms, and while I've only had it
since 320k, it also suffers this same abusive habit. Ditto for my parents '81 Rabbit D,
which was at well over 500k kms last I saw it...
Urban legend for sure I say :-)

Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta TD (retired)
'85 Jetta D
'88 Westy 2.1L
'82 Diesel Westy