Date:         Sat, 5 May 2001 10:49:04 -0400
Reply-To:     Jim Henry <jch@vnet.net>
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From:         Jim Henry <jch@vnet.net>
Organization: JCH GIS
Subject:      diesel performance?
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I find the current thread on diesel performance very timely, in as
much as I am considering buying a diesel camper on the west coast
while there on a trip this summer. The person that has volunteered
to inspect it for me, also was somewhat discouraging about the
ability of a diesel to move from place to place in a reasonable
manner, especially long distances in the West . My idea is to buy
the van, go to my daughter's in southwest Oregon, visit my brother
in Montana, and bonsai back to NC, hopefully not leaving a VW
camper somewhere in between. Pretty hare brain, huh.

So the point is, is there anyone in the Raleigh/Durham, central
NC, Charlotte, NC area with a standard 1.6 diesel that would let
me ride and perhaps drive it before I spend any more energy on
this hare brained idea. That's right, I have never ridden or
driven a diesel vanagon and I am thinking about buying one. Well I
had never driven or ridden in a vanagon, period or even seen the
one that I currently own, before I bought it. But it was a deal
you could not let go by. Sort of like the guy who saw the add in
the paper for the Porsche for $50....

So NC diesel owners, burst my bubble or keep me dreaming. Any
other comments would be appreciated.

Jim

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Jim and Lois Henry
Durham, NC

www.jchgis.com   (Jim)  dull work stuff
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84 GSL-SE
85 GSL-SE (parts car)
84 Vanagon Westfalia camper
95 Oldsmobile Aurora
93 Geo Prism
87 RX7 na

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