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Subject:Re: Clarification--Re: Option Decoder
From:jimt
Date:Wed, 5 Jan 2005 19:47:12 -0700

On 1/5/05 6:10 PM, "TJ Hemrick" <x53gunner@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> All,
> I got several great responses(typical of the list) but I failed to
> clarify my request.  What I found on the sticker with the paint code
> (LB7Y-Vesuvius Grey Metallic--What a color name.  Looks like silver to
> me.) But I also found the following numbers G11, R74, and 573 on the
> sticker next to the word "options".  Now, it's probably not as
> important as say on a Porsche 911 where you might end up with limited
> slip or the Carrera option, but being a VW geek, I gots to know!
> Anyone know what these codes might mean or where to run the numbers?  I
> figured out the VIN from my Syncro (too bad they didn't come with the
> locking front diff and the code to match in North America.  What a
> surprise that would have been!!)  I thought about asking the dealer,
> than I came out of my drug induced coma.  YMMV with your local dealer
> but here in Melbourne FL, they can't even recognize a Karmamn Ghia let
> alone spell Syncro.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> TJ
> 

573 is AC

Cant find my listings on the other two codes but the ones immediately
following the paint code usually have to do with trim line or interior
color/material but all that seems to be defined in the wolfsburg sales code.

 

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