Where would you buy NEW seatbelts for older A1 cars?

Who can resist this classic appetizer; or light lunch served with
a fresh salad? Versatility is probably this recipe?s greatest virtue,
as one can use the best part of a prime, rare, yearling, or the
morticians occasional horror: a small miracle stopped short by a
drunk driver, or the innocent victim of a drive-by shooting...

2 cups finely chopped very young human flesh
1 cup shredded cabbage
1 cup bean sprouts
5 sprigs green onion, finely chopped
5 cloves minced garlic
4-6 ounces bamboo shoots
Sherry
chicken broth
oil for deep frying (1 gallon)
Salt
pepper
soy & teriyaki
minced ginger, etc.
1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in a little cold water
1 egg beaten

Make the stuffing:
Marinate the flesh in a mixture of soy and teriyaki sauces
then stir fry in hot oil for till brown - about 1 minute, remove.
Stir-fry the vegetables.
Put the meat back into the wok and adjust the seasoning.
De-glaze with sherry, cooking off the alcohol.
Add broth (optional) cook a few more minutes.
Add the cornstarch, cook a few minutes till thick,
then place th

Who can resist this classic appetizer; or light lunch served with
a fresh salad? Versatility is probably this recipe?s greatest virtue,
as one can use the best part of a prime, rare, yearling, or the
morticians occasional horror: a small miracle stopped short by a
drunk driver, or the innocent victim of a drive-by shooting...

2 cups finely chopped very young human flesh
1 cup shredded cabbage
1 cup bean sprouts
5 sprigs green onion, finely chopped
5 cloves minced garlic
4-6 ounces bamboo shoots
Sherry
chicken broth
oil for deep frying (1 gallon)
Salt
pepper
soy & teriyaki
minced ginger, etc.
1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in a little cold water
1 egg beaten

Make the stuffing:
Marinate the flesh in a mixture of soy and teriyaki sauces
then stir fry in hot oil for till brown - about 1 minute, remove.
Stir-fry the vegetables.
Put the meat back into the wok and adjust the seasoning.
De-glaze with sherry, cooking off the alcohol.
Add broth (optional) cook a few more minutes.
Add the cornstarch, cook a few minutes till thick,
then place th

Rabbit/Golf/Jetta type Is, the Pickup Truck, Convertibles, Sciroccos-
they are still on the road.

Would be nice to update the safety equipment along with the refresh
other stuff gets like the brakes and such.


TBerk

"Bill Leary" > wrote in message
...
> When I got my first two Rabbits they had that passive restraint system.
> It
> consisted of two parts. The seat belt you mention, which ran from the
> floor
> between the seats to the door above your shoulder. When you opened the
> door,
> the seat belt moved (mostly) out of your way and you could just step in or
> out
> of the car. The other part was a knee bar. This was a stiffly padded bar
> (with
> integrated junk tray) which ran the full width of the car at knee height.
> You
> were supposed to adjust your seat so that your knees were about an inch
> away
> from the knee bar. In an accident, you would move forward, with the chest
> belt
> keeping you from bashing your head or your chest from hitting the
> windshield and
> so forth, and the knee bar keeping you from sliding out from under the
> chest
> belt.

I think I'd rather just have a lap belt anyway. Why make the cockpit
cramped?

or even better...just regular 3-point belts.

"Bill Leary" > wrote in message
...
> When I got my first two Rabbits they had that passive restraint system.
> It
> consisted of two parts. The seat belt you mention, which ran from the
> floor
> between the seats to the door above your shoulder. When you opened the
> door,
> the seat belt moved (mostly) out of your way and you could just step in or
> out
> of the car. The other part was a knee bar. This was a stiffly padded bar
> (with
> integrated junk tray) which ran the full width of the car at knee height.
> You
> were supposed to adjust your seat so that your knees were about an inch
> away
> from the knee bar. In an accident, you would move forward, with the chest
> belt
> keeping you from bashing your head or your chest from hitting the
> windshield and
> so forth, and the knee bar keeping you from sliding out from under the
> chest
> belt.

I think I'd rather just have a lap belt anyway. Why make the cockpit
cramped?

or even better...just regular 3-point belts.

Matt B." > wrote in message
news:%SDzd.50285$QR1.15749@fed1read04...
> "Bill Leary" > wrote in message
> > When I got my first two Rabbits they had that passive restraint system.
>
> I think I'd rather just have a lap belt anyway. Why make the cockpit
> cramped?

A lot of people apparently shared your feelings.

I rather liked the system. simple mechanical (no damn motors whirring the belt
up and down the door jam) worked quite well, and you could get in and out as
fast as you could open or close the door. The only draw back was that if you
tried to whip the door open right after a move radical enough to fool the system
into locking up the belt, it would catch on the belt. I suppose there would
have also been the risk of them

> or even better...just regular 3-point belts.

If you're willing to go that far, then this system was definately not for you.
For that matter, at this point, I'm pretty well adjusted to the normal seat
belts in my Scirocco and the other cars I drive so I don't know that it would
appeal to me as much as it did then. When I first encountered that system, I
was coming to it from cars where putting on a seat belt was a bit of work. The
car I could afford before that had seat belts, but no retractors, and the lap
belts and sholder belts were two separate things... and we rarely used them.

- Bill

Matt B." > wrote in message
news:%SDzd.50285$QR1.15749@fed1read04...
> "Bill Leary" > wrote in message
> > When I got my first two Rabbits they had that passive restraint system.
>
> I think I'd rather just have a lap belt anyway. Why make the cockpit
> cramped?

A lot of people apparently shared your feelings.

I rather liked the system. simple mechanical (no damn motors whirring the belt
up and down the door jam) worked quite well, and you could get in and out as
fast as you could open or close the door. The only draw back was that if you
tried to whip the door open right after a move radical enough to fool the system
into locking up the belt, it would catch on the belt. I suppose there would
have also been the risk of them

> or even better...just regular 3-point belts.

If you're willing to go that far, then this system was definately not for you.
For that matter, at this point, I'm pretty well adjusted to the normal seat
belts in my Scirocco and the other cars I drive so I don't know that it would
appeal to me as much as it did then. When I first encountered that system, I
was coming to it from cars where putting on a seat belt was a bit of work. The
car I could afford before that had seat belts, but no retractors, and the lap
belts and sholder belts were two separate things... and we rarely used them.

- Bill

"Bill Leary" > wrote in message
...
>I rather liked the system. simple mechanical (no damn motors whirring the
>belt up and down the door jam) worked quite well

I do agree that compared to Corrados and B3 Passats with passive belts that
were motorized, the non-motorized ones I like better (simpler, as you
noted).

>and you could get in and out as fast as you could open or close the door.
>The only draw back was that if you tried to whip the door open right after
>a move radical enough to fool the system into locking up the belt, it would
>catch on the belt.

Yes, and one of mine tends to jam on occasion anyway (even at "normal" door
opening speeds). I usually have to close the door and reopen it.

What I hate about them is that the door stops that hold the door open were
not designed for these and the light pressure put on the doors mean that
they close on you too easily when facing uphill or even on a flat
surface...I wish the door stops had more resistance on cars w/these belts.

And even though mine has the lap belts, it still has the knee bars. Wish it
had the package trays instead.

"Bill Leary" > wrote in message
...
>I rather liked the system. simple mechanical (no damn motors whirring the
>belt up and down the door jam) worked quite well

I do agree that compared to Corrados and B3 Passats with passive belts that
were motorized, the non-motorized ones I like better (simpler, as you
noted).

>and you could get in and out as fast as you could open or close the door.
>The only draw back was that if you tried to whip the door open right after
>a move radical enough to fool the system into locking up the belt, it would
>catch on the belt.

Yes, and one of mine tends to jam on occasion anyway (even at "normal" door
opening speeds). I usually have to close the door and reopen it.

What I hate about them is that the door stops that hold the door open were
not designed for these and the light pressure put on the doors mean that
they close on you too easily when facing uphill or even on a flat
surface...I wish the door stops had more resistance on cars w/these belts.

And even though mine has the lap belts, it still has the knee bars. Wish it
had the package trays instead.

"Matt B." > wrote in message
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> "Bill Leary" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I rather liked the system. simple mechanical (no damn motors whirring the
> >belt up and down the door jam) worked quite well
>
> I do agree that compared to Corrados and B3 Passats with passive belts that
> were motorized, the non-motorized ones I like better (simpler, as you
> noted).
>
> >and you could get in and out as fast as you could open or close the door.
> >The only draw back was that if you tried to whip the door open right after
> >a move radical enough to fool the system into locking up the belt, it would
> >catch on the belt.
>
> Yes, and one of mine tends to jam on occasion anyway (even at "normal" door
> opening speeds). I usually have to close the door and reopen it.

Even back then, I wondered what it was going to be like when they started to
malfunction from wear or someone spilling a Coke in them or something. You've
just answered the question.

> What I hate about them is that the door stops that hold the door open were
> not designed for these and the light pressure put on the doors mean that
> they close on you too easily when facing uphill or even on a flat
> surface...I wish the door stops had more resistance on cars w/these belts.

On the cars I had, they were stiff enough, except on very steep hills. Again, I
wonder if age or wear is a factor?

> And even though mine has the lap belts, it still has the knee bars. Wish it
> had the package trays instead.

It wasn't quite "trays" as sort of indents in the kneed bars where you might
keep pens and small objects. Hard starts would send them off, though. They
weren't reall proper storage places.

- Bill