Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 07:53:55 -0500
Reply-To: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@INVISTA.COM>
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From: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@INVISTA.COM>
Subject: Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
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They're still getting better mileage than your Vanagon, I would bet!
John Rodgers <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 02/02/2004
11:22:35 PM
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Subject: Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
Stan, these people that go flying by are also spitting on you in other
ways as well. They are burning one hell of a lot of extra fuel to
overcome the weight, drag and friction of their vehicles ......which
ultimately results in raising your fuel costs. They also increase the
air pollution, which raises your costs in taxes, among other things.
It's a never ending story.
P**s on them. If they are going to wreck me up, it will be from behind
so if I survive I can sue the bastards.!!! Or my estate, offspring or
kinsmen can at any rate.
BTW, I just increased my mileage rate by replacing leaking injector
hoses. I haven't clocked it yet, but it is already noticeable.
Regards,
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
Stan Wilder wrote:
>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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>-----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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