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From: tommie@psivax.UUCP (Tom Levin)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: VW Rabbit 30,000 mile light
Message-ID: <781@psivax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 20:35:31 EDT
Article-I.D.: psivax.781
Posted: Mon Oct  7 20:35:31 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 11-Oct-85 07:32:36 EDT
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Reply-To: tommie@psivax.UUCP (Tom Levin)
Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA
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Keywords: SCAM!

In article <57500013@inmet.UUCP> schooler@inmet.UUCP writes:
>
>My girlfriend's '83 (gasoline) VW Rabbit just had a warning light
>come on which apparently indicates the necessity of a 30,000 mile
>checkup.  The story from the shop is that the only way to turn
>this light off is to replace a "sensor board" at a cost of $120.00
>or so.  (This happens every 30,000 miles, I would suppose.)  Is this
>a scam, or what?

Sounds like a bunch of horse shit to me!  I had a 78 scirocco and
now own an 84 scirocco.  There is a button under the hood near the
speedometer cable that turns the warning light off.  It is a lot
cheaper to do this each 30,000 miles than some board replacement!
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Tom Levin {ttidca|sdcrdcf|logico|scgvaxd|bellcore}!psivax!tommie

You've seen those car stickers that say "Baby on Board"???
				_________
I want one that says:	       /         \
			      / Psychotic \
			     /	   On      \
			     \	  Board    /
			      \___________/