At 07:36 PM 12/13/2009, BenT Syncro wrote:
>a Vanagon. So there is this weird position on the shifter marked 'E'
>after Neutral and Drive. Feels like a coasting position. If the

E for economy maybe?  A lot of cars around then had some sort of
arrangement where you could change the shift points for better
acceleration or better mileage.

I read in Motor Trend or R&T some years ago about a Corvette where
the only purpose of one of the shift positions was to squeak by some
threshold in the mileage ratings -- gas guzzler or luxury tax or some such.

Yrs,
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