You dog!  Heated seats?  Is there anyway on earth the rest of us mere
mortals could aquire such a luxury

Chris P.   Seattle, WA
'89 Oil Burning Jetta "Jake"
'87 Wasserboxer GL "Lewis"
'82 Oil Burning L "Billie Rae"

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>From: 	Todd Francis[SMTP:tbf@pacifier.com]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, January 14, 1997 11:48 AM
>To: 	Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: 	Re: 88 Vanagon with "thing" on steering column??
>
>SyncroHead@aol.com wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I saw an 88 Vanagon GL Camper in a parking lot the other day and looked
>> inside.
>> On top of the steering column, between the steering wheel and gages,  the
>> usual plastic cover piece was replaced by something I hadn't seen before.
>> The cover piece on this van had a large "display" like thing on it.  It wa
>> molded into the piece and must have come from the factory.  It protruded up
>> from the usual slope toward the gages and presented the driver with a 1.25"
>> tall x 2" wide rectangle that looked like it was dark red plastic.  Sort of
>> like a warning indicator or display of some sort.
>> 
>> Many cars now place their emergency flasher switch & light in this
>>position,
>> but this van had those in the usual position on the right side of the
>> instrument binnacle with the defroster switch.
>> 
>> Any one have any idea what this is?  I'm not too familiar with the Camper
>> models, but have looked them over in the past & haven't noticed anything
>>like
>> this.
>> 
>> By the way, the van has a manual tranmission and was not a Syncro.
>> 
>> Wondering,
>> Jim Davis
>> 87 GL Syncro
>> 88 GL Wolfsburg
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>
>Was it a roller type switch that is the thermostat setting for a seat
>heater? That is what I have on my '91.  Todd Francis
>