Put a TDI behind one of those ATs and watch the slug grow wings!  ;-)

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From: JordanVw@aol.com [mailto:JordanVw@aol.com]
Sent: February 26, 2006 10:02
To: mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Water cooled AT 1980?

In a message dated 2/26/06 12:41:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA writes:

Diesel did get automatic transmissions - very rare, but they did exist in
Europe.

learn something new everyday!   id think europe would be the LAST place for
a diesel automatic vanagon!!!     last time i was there in '98, i could walk
down the street and 99% of the vehicles were standard
transmission....diesels too..

i have seen a diesel automatic rabbit pickup (caddy)..with a/c and power
steering no less!  talk about a slug..

chris