manuals use a cable, whereas the auto uses a hard linkage, which needs more push?

----- Original Message -----
From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: [vanagon] vanagon trivia..who can answer this???

> In a message dated 5/13/05 11:59:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> n6mod@milewski.org writes:
>
>
> > > why do automatic transmission vanagons  have a plastic accelerator pedal
> > > reinforced with metal, and manual transmission vanagons just have a
> > plastic
> > > accelerator pedal with no metal reinforcement on the pedal?
> >
> > Kickdown switch?
> >
> >
>
> no.. the automatic vanagons dont have a kickdown switch on the floor.   any
> other guesses?
>
> chris
>