must be frydaye?  well, in parts east of europe, anyway.

b

On Thursday, May 23, 2002, at 02:32 , Dan Snow wrote:

> There seems to be a sufficient number of intelligent, well-intentioned
> Vanagon owners who don't know what the silver socket is that it is time
> to
> take advantage of them (I'm getting a PhD in business, after all).
>
> I think maybe I'm going to go to radio shack tonight and buy enough
> stuff to
> solder up maybe 50 "German Market Only Vanagon Engine Computer Bypass
> Accessory"s.
>
> In case you don't know, the silver thing in the dash is a port for the
> Vanagon engine management computer. In Germany, that hole is filled
> with a
> plug that has a little red LED in it, and it tells the engine computer
> to
> boost Wasserboxer power by, say, 200 KW or PS or whatever. For
> emissions,
> safety, and general bureaucracy reasons, VW was not able to sell the
> "de-restricted" Vanagons in the United States. I happened to get a load
> of
> these from a VW dealer in Naples, Italy, that was going out of
> business. I
> am selling them for $50 apiece, which is a bargain because they are VERY
> hard to find in the US and they cost $250 at a VW dealer (part number
> 011-696-375-ZOOM) if you can convince the dealer to order them. Of
> course,
> these Bypass Accessories are sold as-is, with no implied warranty or
> guarantee. The placebo effect is worth 25 hp anyway, so I don't think
> people
> will complain.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Daniel Snow
>
> '82 Vanagon Diesel
> '78 Puch Maxi Luxe Moped
> '01 Xootr Scooter
> http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/snow/vanagon/vanagon.html
>
>
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