Actually our ignition switch was first used in the 1974 Beetle...

Yrs,
d

On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 1:38 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> Hi Marc,
>
> I don't have any instant useful thoughts, except to point out that the
> Vanagon follows historic VAG practice and has no ACC position on the
> ignition switch.  OFF, ON, START is all you get.
>
> And you're the first person I've met who's had a good word for those
> little Blue Dot horrors, other than they look neat and tidy.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>
> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 11:39 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On an additional but unrelated note, the last time I had it in to
>> Crutchfield to try to get it working the way I want it, and to stop a
>> battery drain issue I was experiencing, they moved the power so that the
>> head unit is only on when the engine is running or the key is turned past
>> the Accessory setting. I'd rather have it work on the Accessory setting as
>> well as when the engine is on, so I'm going to move the power input to the
>> stereo when I work on it.
>>
>> I continue to be impressed with how efficient the original speakers are,
>> as
>> tiny as they are, and with paper cones. Had my front ones not given up the
>> ghost, I probably would have kept them. Having said that, these Blue Magic
>> speakers are a killer replacement!
>>
>>