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Date:         Sun, 9 Nov 2008 19:39:29 -0600
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: NVC-Was: Driving on Air
In-Reply-To:  <4d1b79350811091731w52090bdfmb2dbaf4bc0ed6f44@mail.gmail.com>
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Jim and all...I just enjoy the on-topic posts and don't rely on fantasy, just actual results, ON THE LIST. If there is a list member with an air-powered Vanagon or other on-road, practically funtioning street-legal vehicle, that is great...but imaginary cr@p should be Fryday only.

Sucking it up(air powered pun) in San Antonio.

Anybody wanna buy a chicken-powered van with an AUTHENTIC Rooster horn? One-of-a-kind!

On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Think ahead, Michael, and chill. > > Your vanagon and mine might very well be running on alternative > propulsion ten years from now. What's any different in this than a > post contemplating the change from a gas engine to a clean diesel > engine that was not imaginable in 1984? > > What rules have been ignored? What flaming do you wish for? > > Suck it up yourself. I myself am interested in keeping ahead of the > curve, and I drive a vanagon. I intend to be driving a vanagon for a > long time. > > Best, > > Jim > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I have alot of thoughts that are aching to be asked, but if not re: my > > Vanagon, I hold it in(on this list, anyway). Where is the restraint that > is > > so often asked for? Where is the flaming that is so often portrayed when > > rules are ignored? > > > > Does anyone have or looking to buy an air-powered Vanagon that is in pre- > or > > post-production. If not, then suck it up till Fryday. > > > > I usually get an idea on Tuesday and forget it or think it over by Fryday > > and never speak of it, but it seems that there are carte-blanche accounts > > that I need to get a VIP invitation to. > > > > Thought about not sending this but I guess I need to be reminded of the > > purpose of this list. > > > > Did not snip for your enjoymnet of the ongoing thread that is DEFINITELY > > nvc. > > > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> One slight correction on this andrew. If you read the tech articles > >> carefully, they are using compressed air, and as the pressure runs > >> lower they are using fuel to run a heater to raise the temperature of > >> the air to raise its compression. The performance is said to remain > >> constant until some point. > >> > >> Jim > >> > > >> > Another disadvantage is this... as the pressure drops the car will > >> > lose steam gradually as soon as it is used, so to speak. Unlike an > >> > electric, which will run flat-out until the battery is almost > >> > exhausted. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Andrew Grebneff > >> > Dunedin, New Zealand > >> > Fossil preparator > >> > Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut > >> > Temporarily in Calgary, AB, Canada > >> > <goose1047@gmail.com> > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Michael in San Antonio > > 91GL AT 'Gringo' > > >

-- Michael in San Antonio 91GL AT 'Gringo'


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