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Date:         Fri, 18 May 2007 20:50:48 -0700
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Auto conversion to Manual?
Comments: To: Jim Akiba <syncrolist@bostig.com>
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On 5/18/07, Jim Akiba <syncrolist@bostig.com> wrote: > > Also... and I know this sounds dumb but it's true, you can't push start an > automatic.. that ONE time you need it you won't be wishing. Although I > also > hear very good things about these vanagon auto trannies. Does anyone know > if > you can add clutch disc to beef up the clutch packs in them? Someone asked > me this today and I don't know the answer. > > Jim Akiba

No worries. I carry a portable jumpstart kit and a AAA+ card. Besides I use mine for City driving in Baghdad-by-the-Bay. The auto is fabuloous iin traffic and in them thar hills. Have you ever tried painting your nails, eating a burger, flossing your teeth, surfing the net, reading directions, using the phone, and trying to drive at the same time? I'm not advocating that but it will be much easier if you didn;t have to shift at every stop. =)

If I need to go someplace remote, I can always take the Syncro 16 with the 1.9TD AAZ.

BenT


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