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I agree... but the trannies werent what failed... the engines would lunch at 70-80K... I think they tended to be floored more often to keep up than the standards were.. Yea, alot of around town driving here. Keith > > Here in the Northeast only about 10%, maybe less were Automatics... they > > were a rarity indeed and those that were sold usually died long before the > > Standards from the extra load on the engine. Perhaps this is a regional > > thing? > > > I think it is the way the cars were driven, as to survival rate. In the > northeast, there is a lot of stop and start driving. Here in the > mid-west, and west, It is mostly open road driving. Not particularly > hard on transmissions. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '66 FB MT (It drove) > '71 FB AT > '65 Bug (not running) > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/