The thread on VW solar battery panels and other brands brings up something
I've been wondering about.  I have a panel I bought from Real Goods (well,
from Jade Mountain who merged back into RG, actually...whatever ;-)  and
the plug holds fine in my Mazda but is loosey goosey in the van;  my 12
cooler plugs in fine in both vehicles, my little air ionizer plugs in fine
in the Mazda but is loose in the vanagon.

I bought a replacement cigarette lighter for the van from a place
specializing in VWs and Audis, and the same thing.

So-- is this some special sort of cigarette lighter that I need to get an
adapter for?

--Patrice
85GL "VanaBlue"