Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 18:32:54 -0600
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
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I'm afraid I'm really opinionated about some things.
While returning from Houston TX on Super bowl Sunday at about 2 PM I was
repeatedly overwhelmed by herds of SUVs, MPVs, Pickups and cars with an X or
Z attached to a name placards.
I was driving my 1976 Porsche and cranking it along at a safe 70 - 75 MPH
depending on which county I was passing through.
Just once in a while I'd give the throttle a little poke to see just how
fast these other vehicles were traveling and I found many to be in the 90
mph + range with me fifty foot off their tail.
In the 30 years I've been making this trip I've seen lots of accidents and
some were clearly deadly.
People that speed for any reason are showing you just as much disrespect as
spitting on your car or in your face.
They are saying "You're not important, I don't care if I kill you!". It's
not verbal but that is what their actions say to me.
I'm always pleased to see the Highway Patrol or Local Police pulling them
over and making my point for me.
I speculate that I saw twenty active traffic stops in 250 miles and fours
hours of driving on Super bowl Sunday. Every offender was someone that
passed me, flying low.
I'm not saying everybody with 200 to 500 hp is speeding since I can't see
the people behind me.
Stan Wilder
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Tim Demarest
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 6:07 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
Sure Stan, but no wheelies... :-)
still puttering along with an original 1.9 WBX,
Tim
At 04:27 PM 2/2/2004 -0600, Stan Wilder wrote:
>I think the old rule of 'run what you brung' is still good.
>Most WBs will run 75 mph and even the Air Cooled Vanagons and heavy Westies
>will run 70 mph plus all day long if the engines are in good condition.
>Investing up to $5000.00 for a bigger engine so you can run an extra 50K
>miles is about two to three times what you'd spend keeping your existing
>engine running that much longer or replacing it with a good rebuilt engine.
>
>Stan Wilder
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
>Of Ben T
>Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 3:58 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
>
>
>In a message dated 2/2/2004 9:09:45 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>lsm6@NORTHCOAST.COM writes:
>I was reading in Ultra VW #6 about Oettinger 3.2 6 cylinder WBX engines.
>They talk about the popularity of the type 25 in Europe(and the type 2)
hope
>some of more of this comes across the ocean. Lloyd in Eureka, Ca (who is
>tired of seeing Vanagons in the Junk yard getting squished)
>Had a chance to buy one or two. Couldn't figure out how to pass the engine
>under the Federal emission noses.
>
>BenT
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