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Date:         Sun, 19 Mar 2000 21:36:28 -0800
Reply-To:     David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Top speed of a vanagon
Comments: To: Riley Kettner <rileyk@HOME.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <005b01bf913c$7dacb8c0$d9bd7118@nvcr1.bc.wave.home.com>
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Top speed on my Syncro Double Cab with ~130hp driving all four wheels is
160 km/h plus or minus a little bit... almost 5000 rpm in fourth - going
down a loooong hill.


I have had my 84 Westie up to 140km/h on the prairie...


In both cases I would not want to do this for any amount of time - just too
dangerous!




Did your mum confess to this speed or is this what the photo radar said she
was doing... kinda hard to believe.


At 04:45 PM 18/03/2000 -0800, Riley Kettner wrote:
>   Dear list members,              My mom got a speeding ticket in my
>Westfalia travelling at  157km/h. This seems like an impossible speed but
>it was  done.   For the americans, that is roughly 100 mph?   Curious to
>see what others have travelled, Riley Kettner North Vancouver BC '87 Westy


--   David Marshall -                    - Quesnel, BC, Canada   --
--    78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Caddy, 84 VW Westie, 85 VW Cabriolet   --
--       87 Audi 5000 Quattro, 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab      --
-- David's Volkswagen Home Page        http://www.volkswagen.org --
-- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning  http://www.fastforward.ca --
-- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) --
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