RE: type3-d Digest V2008 #402

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 27 Aug 2008 at 20:38, Keith Park wrote:

> Hmmm.. my radar detector plugs right in!

That's because yours is the std. dealer-installed aftermarket lighter. Dave was 
talking about some very special one sold in the UK that would fit in the dash 
holes without drilling them out.

I wonder if the cigarette lighter standard was chosen in the days when cigars 
were more common, so the lighter had to be bigger.

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI USA

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