Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 10:16:34 -0800
Reply-To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
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From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject: Re: Canadian gas vs lower 48 states gas and penguins
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David Marshall
Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3
http://www.fastforward.ca mailto:sales@fastforward.ca
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Alfred Bagdan
Sent: November 6, 2003 8:58 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Canadian gas vs lower 48 states gas and penguins
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?
Al Fred
85 Wes Ty
----- 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
> 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
to
> extinction in 1844 with the last pair existing in Ice Land. It's range
was
> 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).
>
> David Marshall
>
> Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
> 4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
> Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3
>
> http://www.fastforward.ca mailto:sales@fastforward.ca
> Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992 1160
>
> - Vanagon Accessories and Engine Conversions
> - Vanagon, Transporter and Iltis Sales and Importation
> - European Lighting for most Volkswagen models
>
>
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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
>
>
> Aren't penguins from the south pole? Or is Quesnel
> just a little backwards?
>
> 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.
>
> Hope that helps,
> -Damon
>
>
> --- David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG> wrote:
> > 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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