Date:         Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:03:03 -0500
Reply-To:     craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Opinion on Long Trip w/young driver to Florida from Texas
Comments: To: Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu>
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Well as a 20 year old who's currently looking at driving my van cross
country for the summer and has some road tripping experience, i would say
let him take it if YOU are confident in it. More often than not I end up
second guessing everything but my policy is "if i'd be comfortable driving
it 100 miles, 3000 isn't too different".

From personal experience, Vanagons have sufficient places to puke out of.
Those sliding side windows are great.
Change the oil, give it a once over, be confident in it, and send it on it's
way!

-Craig
'85GL turned WESTY



On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:16:22 -0500, "pdooley" <psdooley@VERIZON.NET> said:
>
> > I would put a governor on it. (brick under the gas pedal)
> > Excessive rpm's on a trip that long could tax the motor.
>
> Good point, we took our '91 GL to Florida from Indiana last spring (2,000
> miles round trip) and it was fine, though we were careful not to let the
> RPM's get out of the "green" zone on the tach.  This limited us to about 70
> MPH top speed.
>
> Allan
> --
> 1991 Vanagon GL
>