Re: motometer speedo???

[Jan Folkson <jfolkson@optonline.net>]

You are correct sir!  I got a brand new Motometer 160MPH speedo/odo for
about $120 from my local VW dealer.  I believe that they're new old-stock
units so supply is probably somewhat limited.


- Jan Folkson 
NYC, NY 

http://www.janfolkson.com

'86 16V
'99 Passat GLS 1.8t
'00 Beetle GLX 1.8t


> 
> Was there not some talk at Cincy that you are able to buy a brand new 160 MPH
> spedo (not entire instrument cluster) from the dealer? Is this true or did I
> dream this up in the sickly haze I was in all day Saturday?
> 
> If one can get a brand new motometer spedo, at 160 MPH at that, for under $150
> it just may be worth giving that much cash to a stealership!
> 
> -Marc
> 
> '74 VW Thing Finally Sold in 5/01 - '81 VW Jetta Diesel Scraped 12/97
> '84 VW Jetta GLi Sold to NJ 10/99 - '84 VW GTI 8v Sold to Peter in 4/01
> '87 VW Smoking Scirocco Tornado Red 16V 200,000+ miles in Philly PA
>   since 7/2/99 - Before and after pics: http://getty.net/scirocco/
> '88 VW Scirocco Tornado Red 16V with 177,000 miles, leather, no sun roof
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Folkson [mailto:jfolkson@optonline.net]
> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 10:08 AM
> To: Allyn; scirocco list
> Subject: Re: motometer speedo???
> 
> 
> I know that VDO's got the name, but the Motometer odometer keeps on ticking.
> My VDO died, replaced it with another and it died finally got a Motometer
> and it's still going.  Some originally came with VDO's and some with
> Motometers, I'd bet that most of the VDOs are DOA at this point or have been
> through  the odometer tech procedure at least once.
> 
> 
> - Jan Folkson 
> NYC, NY 
> 
> http://www.janfolkson.com
> 
> '86 16V
> '99 Passat GLS 1.8t
> '00 Beetle GLX 1.8t
> 
> 
>> my rocco has a 'motometer' speedo in it. what the heck. i thought vw uses
>> only
>> VDO. i cant find
>> "vdo" anywhere on this one. what also gets me is that it looks exactly like
>> any other 160 VDO
>> speedo.
>> al
>> 
>> 
>> 
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