Date:         Thu, 3 May 2012 16:40:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: was Still lousy gas mileage now TDI conversions
Comments: To: ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
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sounds good, you win either way ..
either better engine or a house with garage.
hot dog.

On 5/3/2012 2:58 PM, ralph meyermann wrote:
> I saved all my tax$ and worked mega overtime this year,only 6 days off
> since january 6th,to try and buy an unlisted repo house next door for my
> daughter and myself the garage is for velma,if its a bad deal the$  is
> going into Velma for upgrades!! I should know today!
>
> Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy
>
> On May 3, 2012 4:49 PM, "Scott Daniel - Turbovans"<
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com>  wrote:
>
>   one thing I would like to suggest..
> the world of VW diesel *cars* and the world of VW diesel Vanagons are two
> entirely different worlds.
>
> it's very common to hear ...'I got 300K+ miles out of my whatever ...jetta
> tdi blah blah blah' ...
>
> and yes...in a small CAR ...
> push a vanagon with VW's car engine , which all of the diesels are, with
> one exception ..
> and it's just rougher on the engine,
> pushing that big box, than it is pushing a little car around.
>
> VW has done that forever, starting with putting their 36 hp Bug engine in
> Split Window Buses. ..
> and ...heck..
> if diesel vanagons were not so just Excellent in the 'vanagon' part ..
> hardly any would be alive as they came here from VW with a 48 hp car engine
> .
> There are riding lawn mowers with more power than that !
>
> and ...sorry ...just can't help noticing ...
> one AHU  I know of ...don't know the miles on the engine when it came out
> of a jetta ..
> and obviously that engine was not cared for ..........it was just thrashed
> in every way, needed full rebuilding.
>    They are less idiot proof than lots of engines, I think is far to say.
>
>
>
> On 5/3/2012 5:32 AM, ralph meyermann wrote:
>> I do like the simple one wire fuel shut off solenoi...