Re: Silly gas pedal question, almost trivia...

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Sean Ford say:

> Helloooooooooo Q-listers,
>    Hope all the fathers had a good Father's Day yesterday. My Father's Day
> gift was to be left alone so I could clean my car from top to bottom/inside
> and out, but whilst doing so I noticed something funny about the gas pedal
> and for the life of me I can't fathom the purpose. Has anyone the slightest
> clue as to why the gas pedal is a two piece hinged affair? I've never seen
> such a gas pedal before. This, of course, cements the notion that Audi's
> are just plain *different*, ergo, so am I as an Audi owner.

So it can break off, silly.....

The hinged covers to the pedals break off easily. Mine's been gone for
two or three years (don't miss it a bit). So have several other listers'
covers. Why else would it be there?

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Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)			duane@zk3.dec.com
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