Hey Greg,

We've retired this cluster fart back to helping Craig locate a
suitable replacement for his missing instrument.

Cheers,

BenT

Sent from my compleate cluster

On Jul 14, 2010, at 9:08 PM, Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> End of story? I will disagree.
>
> I don't give a rats hindquarters how much imagination the inspector
> has.
> If they are paid to enforce the rule, I expect them to know what the
> rule is. A speedometer is an instrument to measure velocity. Period.
> Nowhere does the law say it has to be VW part number 251-xxx-xxx.
>
> Say you open the rear hatch on some random Vanagons at a campout or
> other gathering ... do you ALWAYS expect to see a VW WBX? Hardly.  Why
> is that? There are a number of answers; and many of them apply equally
> to the needs of a vanagon owner to replace a speedometer as opposed
> to a
> powerplant. Availability, performance, reliability and price...
>
> The last Syncro rolled off the assembly line in 1992. They weren't
> commonplace then and they have gotten less common since. As the parts
> chain dries out people are going to have to come up with alternative
> solutions or else find alternatives to drive. I'm with plan A.
>
> Your milage may vary.
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> Toronto, Ontario Canada
> 197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
> 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
> www.pottsfamily.ca
>
> BUSES OF THE CORN - AUGUST 13-15th, 2010
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>
>
> On 7/14/2010 2:36 PM, David Beierl wrote:
>
>> C'mon, be serious. The inspection people aren't paid to have
>> imagination. There's a hole in the dash for a speedometer/odometer
>> and
>> they want to see one there, end of story.
>>
>> Yours,
>> David
>>