But Mike you started in California. You're supposed to start in El Paso and go to Texarkana Texas. (729 miles)(I think that is the longest possible trip in Texas). It's not really much worse that San Diego to San Francisco (458 mi) except in Texas there isn't any scenery except bumper stickers on PickUp Truck bumpers. Check it out http://www.symsys.com/~ingram/mileage/index.php Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Miller" <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 3:01 PM Subject: Re: 134 conversion
> I personally have never gone over 145 mph in Texas, and it still took > forever to get across that state. > > Mike > > On 2/1/05 12:47 PM, "Stan Wilder" <wilden1-1@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > Texas is Vanagon wasteland. > > More vanagons here in wrecking yards than running. > > Guess Texans prefer pickup trucks since our landscape is so flat and highway > > speeds are in the Mach I range. > > > > Stan Wilder > > Engine Ceramics > > 214-352-4931 > > www.engineceramics.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mike Miller" <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> > > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 12:59 PM > > Subject: Re: 134 conversion > > > > > >> You mean TEXAS isn't the Mid-Atlantic? > >> > >> Hmm. > >> > >> Mike > >> > >> On 2/1/05 9:17 AM, "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote: > >> > >>> Oh! It's a TEXAS thing. No wonder I couldn't recall ever seeing > >>> anything up here in the Mid-Atlantic. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Feb 1, 2005, at 12:04 PM, Jim Thompson wrote: > >>> > >>>> And keep in mind that almost all Dealer supplied/installed AC units > >>>> for air > >>>> cooled models (not just the Vanagon) were supplied from a Texas based > >>>> facility. > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >> Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.3 - Release Date: 1/31/2005 > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.3 - Release Date: 1/31/2005 > >
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