VANAGON archives -- March 2004, week 4 (#390)

Date:         Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:57:41 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Drag Coefficient?
Comments: To: David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
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Even vanagons? I've never taken my 90 above the greenline. The diesel,
well it's at full throttle all the time but nobody can tell.

Jim

On Mar 24, 2004, at 6:59 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Ian Butler wrote:
>
>> Never driven a Beetle, but I know my old '77 Rabbit would happily
>> cruise
>> at top speed.  T'was nice not having to seriously worry about breaking
>> anything, doing that...
>
> Supposedly all VWs are designed to cruise continuously at full throttle
> without damage -- at least when new.
>
>
> David Brodbeck, N8SRE
> '82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
> '86 Volvo 240DL wagon
>

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