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Date:         Thu, 9 Jan 2003 15:13:19 -0700
Reply-To:     Ben McCafferty <ben@VOLKSCAFE.COM>
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From:         Ben McCafferty <ben@VOLKSCAFE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Just bought a cheap Syncro
Comments: To: ian Butler <ian@BLUEMOON.HPLX.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <Pine.LNX.4.33.0301091428140.9716-100000@bluemoon.hplx.net>
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Yeah, take a 2.1 up a mountain sometime, and you can learn all about
pokeyness (pokeydom?).  I have had a 2.1 at 85, downhill with a tailwind.
tx,
bmc  :)
Ben McCafferty
ben@volkscafe.com


Volks Cafe
1823 Soquel Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA  95062
831-426-1244
http://www.volkscafe.com




> From: ian Butler <ian@BLUEMOON.HPLX.NET>
> Reply-To: ian Butler <ian@BLUEMOON.HPLX.NET>
> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 14:35:41 -0500
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Just bought a cheap Syncro
>
> On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, 80 Westy Pokey wrote:
>
>> 1986 Syncro GL Wesfalia - As yet unnamed: Pokey 2 ???????
>
> Chris,
>
> The problem with calling it Pokey is that it isn't pokey. :)  My '87 Syncro
> has been known to go 90mph (a fact I only discovered as a result of pure
> academic interest, I assure you) and the 2.1L Westies are rumored to go 80.
> Your syncro should be Speedy A. Gonzalez compared to Pokey 1.
>
> ian Butler / ian@hplx.net
> '88 Scirocco 16v, '87 Syncro GL
>
> P.S. I've never driven an aircooled VW, so I can't say for absolute
> certainty that water = faster, though I can guess.
>
> P.P.S.  The "A" stands for agua!
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