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Date:         Sun, 11 Jun 2017 01:39:57 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Stereo weirdness, electrical gremlins...
Comments: To: Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <CAMOH8L+N5aQ9gb-ON9FxXY4EAB-U8McYKQFy9yxSGHCNm4J3vQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Actually our ignition switch was first used in the 1974 Beetle...

Yrs, d

On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 1:38 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> Hi Marc, > > I don't have any instant useful thoughts, except to point out that the > Vanagon follows historic VAG practice and has no ACC position on the > ignition switch. OFF, ON, START is all you get. > > And you're the first person I've met who's had a good word for those > little Blue Dot horrors, other than they look neat and tidy. > > Yrs, > d > > On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 11:39 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> On an additional but unrelated note, the last time I had it in to >> Crutchfield to try to get it working the way I want it, and to stop a >> battery drain issue I was experiencing, they moved the power so that the >> head unit is only on when the engine is running or the key is turned past >> the Accessory setting. I'd rather have it work on the Accessory setting as >> well as when the engine is on, so I'm going to move the power input to the >> stereo when I work on it. >> >> I continue to be impressed with how efficient the original speakers are, >> as >> tiny as they are, and with paper cones. Had my front ones not given up the >> ghost, I probably would have kept them. Having said that, these Blue Magic >> speakers are a killer replacement! >> >>


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