Date:         Fri, 15 Feb 2002 11:17:35 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: HEAT glorious heat!!!
Comments: To: Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>

Drove my brother-in-law's '72 up to Flagstaff a few (20?) years ago.  Nice
and warm here in Phx, but it was rather tepid when the sun went down in
Flag.  Maybe 70 degree air our of the vents - not enough to combat the 20
deg. air outside, anyway.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Garrett" <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: HEAT glorious heat!!!


> I live in Phoenix so I don't have to deal with LOTS of ice and frost. But
I
> swear, once the heat starts its boiling hot. Keep in mind I have new
heater
> boxes on my freshly rebuilt engine.
>
> Sean Garrett
> 1981 Westy (his)
> 1995 Eurovan Camper (hers)
> sean.garrett@asu.edu
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rico Sapolich [mailto:JKrevnov@AOL.COM]
> > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 9:41 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: HEAT glorious heat!!!
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 2/15/02 11:20:44 AM, SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU writes:
> >
> > << My 1981 also has the best heat I have ever had in a vehicle. It is
> > delivered
> >
> > to the front floor vents HOT and faster than any water-cooled
> > vehicle I have
> >
> > ever owned. >>
> >
> > OK, what's the real story on these air-cooled Vanagons?  Do
> > they REALLY heat
> > or not?  My only point of reference comes from the hours of
> > misery I spent
> > wiping the inside of the windshield in my girlfriend's Beetle
> > many winters
> > ago.  If we had waited for the defrosters to clear the
> > windows after we
> > stopped for some fun and games, we would still be sitting
> > there shivering and
> > smoking our cigarettes.
> >
> > Rich
> >
>