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> My dad said it was because " she would fire it up, roll out of the > garage, (letting the garage door close while she lit her cigarette) then head out > the drive (on to work) without letting the idle come down any" that keeps her > from driving her type3 everyday. In Sue's defence, VW say you should drive the car off right away. It's more important with carbs as the auto-chokes come off with time rather than engine temp, so if you leave it idling, the chokes are fully off and the mixture is too lean and the idle too slow for the still cold engine. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org