wait a second- doesn't the little owners manual say to put the top two to
the right, next to the Left and the bottom to the right??
R R L R
-m

Matthew Pollard             http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
Dept. of Chemistry               http://www.chem.uidaho.edu
University of Idaho                   http://www.uidaho.edu

On Wed, 9 May 2001, Karl Wolz wrote:

> Uh, sorry, but  .  .  .
>
> All levers to the right defrosts your windshield.  Remember that safety is
> of paramount concern, and pushing them all to the right is the easiest thing
> to do.  If you want maximum heat, you gotta do a zig zag: left, right, left,
> right.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Shane" <shane_steve@hotmail.com>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 3:55 PM
> Subject: Re: fresh air/heat sliders (EASY WAY TO KNOW)
>
>
> > <SNIP>
> > Subject: Re: fresh air/heat sliders
> >
> > The European manufacturers never could figure out car ventilation
> > systems, and only recently are they getting better.  I think they just
> > figured you could open the windows.  Invariably they are poorly thought
> > out and confusing.  The Vanagon, however, wins the prize for the most
> > obtuse controls and documentation I've ever encountered.
> > <SNIP>
> >
> > Oh come now!!!! They are easy to figure out. Just memorize this little
> > rhyme.
> >
> > The top lever defrosts your feet, with fresh air from below, how neat!
> > The next lever controls the fan, far away in someone else's van.
> > The red knob blends with the blue, the air the blows at your shoe.
> > The blue knob closes the bend, that defrosts the crossover blend.
> > The bottom knob cools your right foot, unless it's already cooked.
> > The fresh air return can be found, by rolling your right window down.
> > And the lever off to the left, controls the NOISE from all that are left.
> > So remember, when the controls have you beat...
> > Be glad you have a Boxer WITH HEAT!
> >
> > Seriously folks, it may as well be common knowledge that the R&D
> department
> > that made the Vanagon air controls was mostly made up of disgruntled AIR
> > COOLED ex-engineers. And they figured if they couldn't have heat, then the
> > WasserBoxers didn't deserve them either. (It's a deeply routed Germanic
> > thing, all started by some ex-monk in Munich I believe) Anyway when in
> > doubt, all knobs to the right warms your van... all knobs to the left does
>
> > something else!
> >
> > A B C ya!
> > - Steve (formerly of Columbus) now in No.CAL.
> >
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