Hear, hear! (Well, they aren't heavy but I'm in agreement with the rest...) "It is better to travel hopefully than arrive." Jake On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > Well of course vanagons are slow! They have low-power engines and they are > heavy. They are slow on flat ground - of course they are even slower going > up long grades. On long gradual grades, the kind you don't see with the > eye, I find myself not going above the 50s, if that - the lack of power is > how I realize I'm on a grade. Steep hills I do at 20-25 mph. Definitely > you're going to climb to the continental divide in the right lane with the > 18-wheelers while cars and SUVs rush past in the left lane. > > If you wanted a vehicle that would make good time on long drives, why would > you have a vanagon? > > > > Joy > > > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Mark Hineline <hineline@helix.ucsd.edu > > >wrote: > > > > > Okay, a couple of points to consider. > > > > > > First, I had a '76 bus named Peregrine. Greg mentioned my trials and > > > tribulations with Peregrine. > > > > > > Second, and this is really the kicker, my number one destination is > > > the Colorado Plateau -- Grand Canyon, Flagstaff, Cedar Mesa. From San > > > Diego thats' 500 to 600 miles and an 8000 foot gain in elevation. In > > > my GTI I can do it in 7 hours. I'm guessing that in a watercooled > > > Vanagon I'm looking at 10 to 12 hours for the same trip. > > > > > > Sound right? Are Vanagons slow pulling long grades? > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > >
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