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Date:         Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:46:53 -0700
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Kens trip & can Westys climb mountains?
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <507EDBAD.8030808@gmail.com>
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My favorite, snapped at our neighborhood independent VW repair place: https://picasaweb.google.com/bike2vcu/StickerPic Stephen

--- On Wed, 10/17/12, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> Subject: Re: Kens trip & can Westys climb mountains? To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 12:24 PM

"I saw a bumper sticker on the back of Vanagon (tin top with some sort of engine conversion even) recently that read "Pass with care" and had the VW logo on it!"

And there's this: <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P4phjwcTrL8/UH2B92gYAxI/AAAAAAAAZt0/aelK1AllTJM/s640/sticker.jpg>

-- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore.

On 10/16/2012 10:58 AM, Stuart MacMillan wrote: > Yes, but slowly.  Those guys in Colorado don't have anything over us in the > NW!  I took my worn out '85 up to Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park > this summer.  That's a 5200 foot climb from sea level in 17 miles.  There > were a fair number of passing lanes and viewpoints to turn off into, but I > was in first gear for most of it.  That's about 30 mph at 4000 rpm, and I > really could not get above that rpm.  I was sub-consciously hoping it would > blow up so I'd be forced to replace it with a Subaru, but no such luck (I > have free towing, and that was the last trip of the summer.) > > I saw a bumper sticker on the back of Vanagon (tin top with some sort of > engine conversion even) recently that read "Pass with care" and had the VW > logo on it!  I need one of those.  I have a photo if anyone would like to > reproduce it, or maybe I will with Café Press. > > I've learned in 35 years of driving VW vans that it doesn't matter how much > power you have or how fast you are going, everyone wants to pass you, and no > one will let you pass them.  Everyone knows we are slugs, just get over it. > It's just those **$%*## semi drivers 3 feet off your rear that I wish ill > upon.  Oh, the James Bond Aston Martin fantasies I have! > > Stuart > '85 Westy, auto > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Spencer Allen > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 8:35 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Kens trip&  can Westys climb mountains? > > After reading Ken Wilfords great trip report of his travels across the U S > of A I started thinking about the trip to some of the same areas my family > took in our then new 1985 GL. There were 4 adults and 3 kids with the van > packed for 2 wekks of travel. We flew across the flat lands but when we hit > the mountains of Colorado we were almost rolling backwards by the time we > crested some of the steeper mountain roads. We were in the truck lanes and > even they were honking at us to get out of the way. This was a manual trans > so I was constantly stirring the stick to find the right gear. I want to go > back to Colorado next year in my 85 auto trans Westy but am worried about a > climbing those mountains in a 1.9 auto trans. Can you guys share your westys > in the mountain driving experience. Thanks. > Spencer


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