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Subject:Re: automatic transmission
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:31:16 -0500

gordy jones wrote:
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> Has anyone ever owned a vanagon with automatic transmission? If you were looking at buying a westy and everything about it seemed to be in great shape would you decide not to get it strictly because it was an automatic trans? Just wondering. i guess at least I wouldn't have to get a new clutch.
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I consider an AT as a plus.  I have owned a 76 at, 80 std, 84 at and now
91 at.  The VW ATs are relatively rugged and long lived and not too hard
to rebuild.  And I'm getting to old/lazy to shift.  :-]

Larry A.