VANAGON archives -- December 2003, week 2 (#86)

Date:         Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:33:10 -0800
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Power of a 2.0L Air cooled vs 2.1L???
Comments: To: Ben huot <huotx@VIDEOTRON.CA>
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Ben, why not consider a diesel Westy for your long trip? Diesel is much
cheaper in Mexico than gasoline and the fuel economy advantage of the
diesel engine extends your range as well as saving about half on the
fuel costs. Make it into a Turbo diesel first of course.

Mark

Ben huot wrote:
>
> Thanks, that answer my question (with some P -pmail i received).
> I will stick to my dream Bus idea, a 76-79! (still looking!)
....
>
> Am planing a trip to Mexico (mainland), Guatemala and central america in 1
> years or so, so i have one years to built and test my dream machine.
>
> Cheers
> http://www.benplace.com/

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