Date:         Mon, 7 Jul 2008 22:43:25 -0700
Reply-To:     Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: pimp my ride - german syncro edition
Comments: To: Florian Speier <groups.florian@gmail.com>
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thank you florian
the yellow machine bernd is driving
has the same westie top as mine
the none luggage cargo frontspiece
my wife speaks high school german but told me to turn the sound down
she was embarrassed by how much she did not know
thanks for the link
yours

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 8:57 PM, Florian Speier <groups.florian@gmail.com>
wrote:

> all right guys, time to learn german.
> the link below has videos of last years german syncro pimp my ride, its way
> over an hour of footage.
> there is also a transcript of the text, so you can use your favorite
> translator on that.
> also a nice picture gallery.
>
> http://www.kabeleins.de/auto/tuning/vw_bus/12171/
>
> So far I have seen parts 1-7, and note the following interesting mods:
> -the snorkel with cyclone filter that you can just dump out
> -they change from a dual-mass flywheel(???) to a single one, whats that
> about?
> -they seal up the engine-tranny connection to protect the tranny from dust
> -they put hydrodampers in the motor mnounts to make the diesel smooth -
> sounds like a great idea for any engine?
>
> florian
>



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roger w
There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
Picking up garbage and telling people things.
Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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