Ummm.... 'cause too many auto-trans owners were snapping off the pedal
trying to get the van to go faster?

Still enjoying the neck-snapping acceleration of a 1.9L manual trans '85
westie,

Tim

At 11:49 AM 5/13/2005 -0400, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>lets see who can answer this one..
>
>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?
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>
>lets see who knows the answer..
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>
>
>chris