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On 28/02/03 11:37, "Mark Seaton" expressed the following: > > Thanks Jim- I get the jist, and it is what I expected I guess. I drove 100m > today with my adjustments and have to do the same tomorrow, but I'll give it > the due attention this weekend- after all if it should fail, at 80mph (we > were late for work and in a bit of a hurry) - - that doesn't bear thinking > about. Still think they could have (should have) come up with something > better though. > > Today we cruised down a disused runway at about 60- I let out my flaps > (heater levers) and I swear we almost got airborn. Parked up outside the > hangers just seemed right- I think she felt at home. > > Mark Seaton > '73 Slightly Wobbly Fasty, London > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > I apologise for my ignorance in advanced. Why does letting out the flaps (I assume from your description it means to actually "turn on" the heater - letting heat into the car - or is it the other way around?) increase power on the engine? As they say in a movie for which I forgot the name (or was it real life?): "Please explain it to me as if I was a 5 year old!" :) Petri O. Calderon Larjanko '71 Notch