VANAGON archives -- March 2007, week 3 (#7)

Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:54:20 -0700 Reply-To: GMac999 <gmac999@YAHOO.COM> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: GMac999 <gmac999@YAHOO.COM> Subject: Re: Global Warming My Vanagon? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

What? High RPMs, low speed on the "clean" running wasserboxer doesn't leave a carbon footprint?

GregM

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Joy Hecht Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 1:25 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Global Warming My Vanagon?

Geez, these mechanics! Don't even know the difference between carbon footprints and rubber footprints.

Of _course_ our vans can't leave rubber footprints, they can't go fast enough!

Joy

:::-----Original Message----- :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf :::Of GMac999 :::Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:00 PM :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM :::Subject: Re: Global Warming My Vanagon? ::: :::My wife could show you how. Trying to teach her to drive my '84 GL, :::1.9, :::4-speed, a couple of years ago, she revved the engine, dumped the :::clutch and :::left two black marks for about 5 feet. Of course she was totally :::surprised, :::so she stomped the brake and totally forgot about the clutch and :::killed it. ::: :::Makes me wonder if that was the cause of 1st/2nd gear going out about :::a year :::later. :-) ::: :::GregM ::: :::-----Original Message----- :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On :::Behalf Of :::Roger Van Till :::Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:50 PM :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM :::Subject: Re: Global Warming My Vanagon? ::: :::On Mar 14, 2007, at 4:28 PM, Tom Buese wrote: ::: :::> Has anyone calculated the carbon footprint of our beloved vanagons :::& :::> compared it to a newer more energy efficient vehicle? ::: :::I've revved mine up and tried to leave a "carbon footprint" on the :::street, :::but it just doesn't have enough power. :::I've seen those newer more energy efficient vehicles do it though. ::: :::Roger Van Till :::'89 Westy "The Moose Lounge" :::'86 GL "Sugaree" :::'81 L "CoJack" :::www.busesbythebeach.com ::: ::: ::: ::: :::_________________________________________________________________________ :::___________ :::Looking for earth-friendly autos? :::Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. :::http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/

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