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On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 16:07, Jens Vagelpohl wrote: > Right, it's supposed to be hot, not just warm. It's still the same way > for new cars actually. > > I remember one episode when I was a mechanic's apprentice and I was > sent on the Autobahn with a (then new) Audi V8 that had transmission > work done to get it hot enough for a reliable ATF level reading. It was > a really nice drive :) The most fascinating thing was how fast I was > when I finally saw - out of the corner of my eye - the tach needle drop > as it went into fourth... > > jens > Porsche's Had a tendency to be "abused" in shipping. We had to roadtest each when it cam off the transport. To make sure the transmission wasn't damaged. Turbo Carrera's were the most fun ;=) Except we had a sheriff station about 1/2 mile down the road. ;={ After we got past there, it was onto the Interstate 35 and check out the top gear. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~