At 06:20 PM 24/03/2004 -0500, you wrote: >At 02:29 PM 3/24/2004 -0600, Stan Wilder wrote: > >If you go back and relate the year of manufacture of your VW Bus, Van, > >Vanagon you'll see they were all designed to run in 55 to 65 mph speed > >limits. > >No, that's the speed limits your Fords and Chevy's were designed for... >There were lots of stretches of the Autobahn without speed limits. This is >why I've long preferred to drive German cars.
Me too, however VW Type 2s,T3s and even T4s are designed as commercial delivery vans,pickups etc,and as such were not meant to be hurled down Autobahns at full tilt. Since it was such a versitile box on wheels,the Transporter has evolved into other variations like recreational vehicles but it was not the original intention for the van. It was a work truck and they aint meant to be flogged along the Autobahn keeping up with Mercs,BMWs,Audis and Porsches. As Stan says,55 to 65 mph.Above that just wastes fuel at an exponential rate... Cheers, Steve O NSW Australia '92 Transporter WBX Kombi '00 Transporter Double Cab '03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck) '78 Landrover Series 3 Ragtop (ex Aust Army) ...50mph max and thirsty at any speed :) |
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