re Regarding DOT 5 - historical note, minimal audi content

["Smith, Kirby A" <kirby.a.smith@lmco.com>]

Gross wrote, in part:

"Your cherished '66 Corvair Monza that resides mostly under the car cover in
your garage and my Mom's minivan that is driven only very gently are both
perfect candidates for DOT 5."

My cherished '66 Corvair Corsa that has resided mostly under cover in my
garage since the fall of '72 had Dot 5 bought for it in the '70s and
installed in the '80s when I went through the braking system and replaced
some tubing.  As I recall, in the early '70s, DoT 5 was promoted as having
higher temperature performance than the extant DoT 4 brake fluid of its day,
and I do not recall hearing then that its principal value was in its
non-hygroscopicity.  How times change.

                .... Kirby   (Kirby A. Smith)
                              2.6 x 1988 90q
                          New Hampshire USA