Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 21:11:47 -0700
Reply-To: Kim Springer <kimspringer@RCN.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Kim Springer <kimspringer@RCN.COM>
Subject: Re: Slowing to save gas?
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C'mon, it's American to sell people on lies. Bush tops that charts with his
war on terror. How much do you think he and his cronies have made on these
scare tactics! And who's paying. Let's print some more money and buy more
stuff.
Kim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Ovregaard" <kovregaard@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: Slowing to save gas?
> Ah, come on. It works just as well as the magnets strapped to your
> fuel line! All the fuel molecules line up just so and produce a more
> efficient burn, blah, blah. Amazing what BS is sold to the American
> public. What's more amazing to me is that a good portion of the public
> is gullible enough to buy that kind of crap! Its made some folks very
> rich. Ever heard of Ron Popeil? "But wait, there's more!" You know,
> Chop-O-Matic, Pocket Fisherman, etc., etc., etc... The guy sold Ronco
> for $55 million...
>
> Save your $$, dude!
>
>
>
> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > It's snake oil which has been discussed here and debunked here many
times in
> > the past.
> >
> > Chris S.
> >
> > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Mike <mbucchino@charter.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Has anyone ever tried one of these tornado kits from NAPA?
> > >
> > >
> > >
http://www.napaonline.com/MasterPages/NOLMaster.aspx?PageId=470&LineCode=BK&PartNumber=7354766&Description=Tornado+Air+Management+System
> > >
> > > I have a 2.1 syncro air filter/AFM assembly that has something
similar
> > > made of black plastic built right in. Do they all have this?
> > >
> > > Mike B.
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
> > > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 12:59 AM
> > > Subject: Slowing to save gas?
> > >
> > >
> > > It's almost Friday so here's one with very little Vanagon content,
but it
> > >> concerns letting up a bit on the throttle to save fuel.
> > >>
> > >> Our first outing in one of the events they call Open Road Races.. We
ran
> > >> in the sedate 140mph class with my Porsche 928 GT (the car like in
"Risky
> > >> Business). The course was about 90 some miles and we used just about
10
> > >> gallons of fuel...Race gas, of course.
> > >>
> > >> The next time we ran that course, we ran in the Super Sport class
with a
> > >> target speed of 165mph..we went through almost 16 gallons of fuel.
We
> > >> covered that 90 some miles in about 25 (+/-) minutes at that speed.
> > >> The Porsche is long gone, but late last fall, we retraced that
> > >> route...Austin, Nv. to Battle Mt. Nv. in the 84 vanagon..That trip up
the
> > >> road took almost two hours, but we did save some fuel...I guess the
> > >> Porsche
> > >> was a little more fun over that road...more comfortable, too...except
for
> > >> the fire suits, the roll cage and the helmets.
> > >>
> > >> These events are essentially very high speed rallies and are a total
> > >> blast to attend!
> > >> Our first trip to race in Ely, Nv. we were in stitches, as all the
> > >> competitors paraded through the main street of Ely and we were
serenaded
> > >> by
> > >> the high school band, set up on the courthouse steps in the center of
Ely.
> > >> The most prestigious award at the Silver State Classic has to be "The
> > >> Hooker's Choice" trophy..All the commercial ladies in the best
'house'
> > >> come
> > >> outside and judge the cars...mostly the bachelor's cars..then one is
> > >> chosen...The year we were there (we got eliminated for exceeding our
Tech
> > >> Speed of 170mph) the winner was a swoopy Corvair with a big block
Chevy in
> > >> the middle..
> > >> Check out the websites..you won't believe how awesome it can be to
go
> > >> flat
> > >> out in your fast car without worrying about tickets and such...
> > >> http://www.openroadracing.com/
> > >> http://www.sscc.us/
> > >> Don Hanson
> > >>
> > >>
>
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