Guess what this goes to and win...  nothing

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 10/20/2015 at 02:46 • Filed to: None

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Every conceivable variety I could find that fit in this bezel. No aftermarket switches, no blanking plates.

Sam > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/20/2015 at 02:54

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Is that a check engine... button? Or does it shock the motor into submission, as the icon suggests?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Sam 10/20/2015 at 02:59

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You guessed it - an early version of the automotive defibrillator, before they figured out how to get a stable idle speed.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/20/2015 at 03:32

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VW golf/rabbit?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/20/2015 at 03:50

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Hmm - what generation?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/20/2015 at 03:52

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mk2?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/20/2015 at 04:00

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Bingo.

I went a little crazy one day when I worked in the parts department of a VW dealer and decided to see if I could fill every slot in that bezel with an operating switch.

This assembly might come in handy should I ever get another mk 2, but I first want to find a mk 1 like I had all those many years ago.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Sam 10/20/2015 at 04:07

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Or, considering that this is from the ‘80s and thus before debit cards, maybe it activated the dot-matrix printer attached to your TRS-80 or IBM PC XT to automagically fill out a check made out to your local VW dealer when your vehicle had an electrical problem, a not uncommon experience.

As the owner of multiple electrically-challenged VWs over the years I am allowed to make that joke.

Sam > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/20/2015 at 04:14

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I have an electrically challenged VW as well. It’s just that mine has a Porsche badge on it. (It’s my 924, it has a freaking Rabbit steering wheel, even)

This is a Rabbit wheel-

This is a Porsche 924 wheel -

dieseldub > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/20/2015 at 05:05

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Damn, seeing these kind of makes me miss my mk2 16V. Great fun to drive, except in its moody days where it was decided a stable idle and low end throttle response were optional.

Gotta love CIS.

duurtlang > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/20/2015 at 05:53

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In my mk2 most of these are blank. Of the pictured ones I only have the rear window heater. There’s a rear fog light button, but no front one as it doesn’t have front fog lights. The other four are blank. The hazard light button is on the steering column.

kanadanmajava1 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/20/2015 at 06:09

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I have an Mk2 and I would be quite happy if it would have heated seats.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/20/2015 at 07:05

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My jetta’s brake warning light did seem particularly alarmist.