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Re: [T3] Car shopping


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
>
>
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