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- From: gajewski@ug.cs.dal.ca (Andy)
- Subject: Re: Fact or Dealer B.S. - You be the Judge
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- References: <1993Jan21.184833.28637@gumby.dsd.trw.com>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:54:16 GMT
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- In <1993Jan21.184833.28637@gumby.dsd.trw.com> Judson West <jwest@r3vm.dsd.trw.com> writes:
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- >I was recently had my '90 Passat in the shop (for the 4th time) for
- >transmission problems. When I was driving with the Service Manager and
- >explaining the situation I asked what had been done the last time my
- >car was in for the same problem. He said that the transmission
- >computer memory had been "reset". I asked him to explain what "reset"
- >ment. He explained that after a while, the computer "remembers" your
- >driving habits and adjusts its shifting patterns to take better
- >advantage of them. This is above and beyond either Economy or Sport
- >modes.
- >Is this fact or fiction??
-
- If you ask me I think it is B.S. because 1) I never heard of such a feature
- 2) If it was that great, I'm sure it would be highly advertised
- 3) My friend has a synchro and he knows all about the passat and he never
- mentioned any thing like this to me.
-
- ANdy
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