Date:         Mon, 22 Aug 2005 17:21:02 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon mentioned on Car Talk today
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><<How can it fail when it has to stop at every gas station along the way
>and when you need to put your foot out the door to doggie paddle it up
>the first mole hill you encounter?>>
>
>Georgie,
>
>Not really true but Ok if you think so.
>
>The Dynaflow's are a bunch faster off the lights than the 4 speed's.
>
>Cheaper to repair than the sticks too.
>
>I know this guy pretty good out in PA. and he has a Syncro.
>4 Speed.
>
>He has been dead on the water for over a year now.
>
>It's gonna cost him some big dollars to repair the trans.
>
>Like close to 4 large, and not hundred, I'm talking thousand.
>
>And this is without a clutch, pressure plate, or any of the required
>hardware.
>
>You ought to talk to this guy.
>
>He needs some encouragement, and sympathy.
>I'll give you his phone number.
>
>I think he'd really like to have a dog paddling automatic right about
>now.
>
>Let me know if you want his number, maybe you can help him out.

He could buy & install a Porsche G50 for less than that! Maybe even a
4WD Porsche box & front diff...