Date:         Sun, 24 Mar 2002 09:50:58 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: 81 Vanagon performance
Comments: To: jspeer@POBOX.COM
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you have to already be where you want to be...
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I've had a few roadside emergencies in my Westy and I normally just make
a pot of coffee and think about my solution for a while.
If you're in a hurry ...... take an airline.
I'd just bet I could beat a Greyhound buss from coast to coast in my
Westy.

Stan Wilder

On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 09:14:03 -0600 Jeremy Speer <jspeer@POBOX.COM>
writes:
> Just an observation from a sea kayaker who has to deal with
> "performance"
> flame wars on a kayak list:
>
> Driving a Vanagon is a great deal like paddling a sea kayak, you
> have to
> already be where you want to be... so forward speed is really not
> important.
>
> I tell myself that when sailboats and powerboats pass me on the
> water... and
> now when American mini-vans pass me on the highway.
>
>
> -jspeer
>
> '89 Westy still not-yet-named
>

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