Paul Johnson wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 06:23:04PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: >> with even slightly different controls - like a different gearshift >> pattern - nobody would buy it. > >Explain Volkswagen's shifting pattern through the 1970s, where >shifting to reverse was the same as shifting into first gear except >you pushed the gearshift down while doing it...heck, the vehicle best >known for that pattern, the Vanagon, became a cultural icon in the US >(the hippie bus).
Not quite. The pattern is/was: 1 3 | | -------- | | | R 2 4 Pushing down on the shifter let it clear the lock-out in the shift gate. -- gt [EMAIL PROTECTED] The advice is free, and worth every cent. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]