Thanks, Tony. Yes, odd to have an early diesel Jetta. Sucker even has
air. Weight is clearly significant as the 1.6na propels this little
sedan effortlessly at 70mph. Try that in a the moving guardrail called
a Diesel Vanagon Westy of the same vintage.;-)

Guessing there was a problem between AT&T and the Listserv because I
just got all the mail from the List as soon as I sent that message. In
case some are wondering, parts of AT&T's cell network was down on and
off the past couple of days.

BenT
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On Dec 13, 2009, at 4:46 PM, T Collins <tonycollin@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ben,
>
> my scirocco used to be a auto an 82 also. I never saw the E on mine,
> but then again I did not have a diesel.....Wow that is a strange
> combo... I thought all those A1 diesels to be stick.
>
> With dealing with the auto trannies from the sciroccos it was my
> understanding there there was some dodge lineage in there somewhere
> This may not be of much help, but at least is conversational.
>
> Tony
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 7:36 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is mostly a poke to see if Gerry is awake.
>
> Anyway, I just acquired an 82 Diesel Jetta with an autotrans. I
> understand the innards are essentially the same as  the trans used in
> a Vanagon. So there is this weird position on the shifter marked 'E'
> after Neutral and Drive. Feels like a coasting position. If the
> Vanagon has the same trans, is it possible to have the same thing on
> Vanagons?
>
> Just thinking out loud and seeing if Gerry is awake at the same time.
>
>
> BenT
> Sent from my mobile device
>
>
>
> --
> 82 Scirocco "Rodolfo"
> 85 Vanagon "El Guapo"
> 90 Fuji Ace