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Originally Posted by Tobra View Post
The upshift light. Dad's '84 Cab has that, as did my friends' VW GTI of similar vintage. Was that an emissions or fuel economy thing or what? It always seems to tell you to upshift unless you are already in top gear.
I'm pretty sure it's a fuel economy thing from back when the govt was pushing for better fuel economy. Probably emissions too.
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