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Subject:Re: Alternative to locking gas cap?
From:Allan Streib
Date:Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:35:29 -0400

Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET> writes:

>   Mine is the same.  It's the best system I've seen yet, to prevent
>  gascap loss.  Incidentally, the VW key guy at the last show was
>  cutting me a new key and told me that VW never made a gascap that
>  used the ignition/ door key; it was 'always' a smaller, different
>  key.  I told him he's wrong about that, but he refused to believe
>  me. He thinks it can't be a original gascap, but mine definitely is.
>  Between the two of us (and more?), I wonder if he can be convinced
>  otherwise?

Hm.  Now that you mention it... my '91 Jetta used the ignition key as
the gas cap key, but my '91 Vanagon has a separate smaller key.  I have
no idea whether it's the original cap, however.

Allan
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1991 Vanagon GL