Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:23:35 -0500
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From: Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject: Re: Canadian gas vs lower 48 states gas and penguins
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one of them has a Van A Gon. Is it Lemieux...
Nope.... if he did, there would be a lot more
Vanagon in PGh......LOL
Eric
Pgh. PA
Alfred Bagdan wrote:
>New Found Land to Ice Land to Green Land and as far east as Scott Land you
>say?
>What about the Pits Burg Pen Guins? Aren't they Americ Ans?
>I read once that one of them has a Van A Gon. Is it Lemieux, a French Ca Na
>Dian?
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>Al Fred
>85 Wes Ty
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Marshall" <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:36 PM
>Subject: Re: Canadian gas vs lower 48 states gas and penguins
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>>Playing on the 'typical Canuck' stereotype mixed with some Gary Larson
>>humour - sorry about that! Actually, penguins as of 1844 are exclusively
>>South Pole creatures. North America's penguin, the Great Auk was hunted
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>>extinction in 1844 with the last pair existing in Ice Land. It's range
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>>from Newfoundland to Ice Land to Green Land and as far east as Scotland at
>>one time. None of the Auks or their hunters drove Vanagons (necessary
>>Vanagon content rules).
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>>David Marshall
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>>Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
>>4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
>>Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
>>Of Damon Campbell
>>Sent: November 5, 2003 9:24 PM
>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>Subject: Re: Canadian gas vs lower 48 states gas
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>>Aren't penguins from the south pole? Or is Quesnel
>>just a little backwards?
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>>Bob, i've actually kept a bit of an eye out for this
>>and havn't really noticed the dramatic effects you
>>mentioned over here in BC. The only overt difference
>>that i know of is that a couple brands (Mowhawk in
>>particular) puts some ethanol and a couple other
>>things to make their gas more "environmentally
>>friendly". I use that stuff, and havn't had any
>>problems yet. Honestly, though, i really havn't been
>>driving much, so i havn't gotten a good feel for the
>>fuel economy average yet.
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>>Hope that helps,
>>-Damon
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>>--- David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG> wrote:
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>>>We have a serious problem with penguins falling into
>>>our fuel tanks here and
>>>contaminating things - the better filling stations
>>>have those sticky penguin
>>>strips to keep them out of the fuel... sorry about
>>>the troubles you were
>>>having. :-)
>>>
>>>I used to live in Nova Scotia and there are some
>>>stations that I would stay
>>>away from for that reason. I had a similar
>>>experience going to Washington
>>>so I don't think it is a Canada only thing. As
>>>always, I go to filling
>>>stations that are busy and that are brand name. I
>>>mainly stick to Petro
>>>Canada or Chevron. I've never had a bad experience
>>>like that in BC or AB,
>>>both of my two current gasoline powered VWs have
>>>never skipped a beat and
>>>unfortunately they drink their fair share of fuel.
>>>Of ROBERT DONALDS
>>>Subject: Canadian gas vs lower 48 states gas
>>>
>>>Fellow listees
>>>I want to hear from anybody who travels back and
>>>forth from the states to
>>>Canada or vise versa about there experience with the
>>>two fuels. This past
>>>summer I traveled to Amherst Nova Scotia and I made
>>>it on one tank of Texaco
>>>gas I filled up just before I crossed over the
>>>border. I filled the tank in
>>>Amherst NS with Erving gas as I recall and had to
>>>add 10 dollars Canadian to
>>>make it back to the same Texaco station. The power
>>>was down and the now
>>>famous Ken Lewis O2 monitor had to be pinned to keep
>>>the vanagon moving at
>>>the pace I am acustomed to (75 to 80 MPH). Also this
>>>past week I had a
>>>customer with a classic 71 bus call me from Canada
>>>and tell me the van was
>>>skipping at highway speeds after about the first 1/2
>>>hour of driving he
>>>admitted to going faster than I recommended but this
>>>skipping as not
>>>happening in the states the engine had a few
>>>thousand miles on it
>>>any thoughts
>>>
>>>going faster miles an hours
>>>I remain
>>>Bob Donalds
>>>Boston Engine Exchange
>>>http://www.bostonengine.com
>>>
>>>
>>=====
>>'84 Westy (Sparky) w/2.3L WBX (wow... it actually works!)
>>
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