Date:         Tue, 8 Jul 2003 11:20:15 -0700
Reply-To:     steeles <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
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From:         steeles <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
Subject:      Re: any years / models we should avoid
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>On         Mon, 7 Jul 2003 21:38:16 -0700 Michael Snow <mwsnow@COX.NET>
wrote.
>Stephen Steele wrote:
>
>> 81 to 83 diesels were offered (can you say s-l-o-w ?)
>
>Can you also say 27-30 MPG, smog *exempt*, and engines with a variety of
>power levels available in abundance?  Oh, wait, that's something only us
>diesel wierdos are supposed to know :-)
>
>Mike Snow
>1982 Westfalia diesel
Mike:
I daily drive a '91 Eco diesel Jetta and own a diesel Caddy and a diesel
Rabbit...
I appreciate the VW diesel powerplant as much as anyone. But I have to admit
that in a Westy...they're just TOO DAMNED SLOW for me. I have test driven
several because I really think I would like to have one. But every time I
get behind the wheel of one I cringe at the reality of only being as fast as
most people percieve ALL Westies to be.
Besides I'm not sure how you diesel van drivers wipe all that soot off way
up high on the rear hatch. That's got to be some rite of ownership passed on
from PO to PO.
:')
Stephen
Chillicothe Ohio