Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:12:10 -0800
Reply-To: "SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: "SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Organization: Cosmic Reminders
Subject: Re: cheap '89 Bluestar on CL
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lol..
nice to see your thoghts Larry . Personally I'll never say I'm 'too
old' for anything. I will do a solo winter ascent of Mt. Shasta when I'm
80 if I can and that's not even that far away in years for me.
Well..a 2WD vanagon manual trans *if taken care of* will last almost
indefenitely ...easily well over say 160,000 miles.
I never liked that striped-pattern interior anyway ...too flashy or
'busy' ...more bling than good taste let's say, IMO.
But some people want automatics and that's fine.
I put a 2.1 in an 85 Weekender with auto trans..
full total complete conversion to 2.1 ..cooling system ..everything.
Driven decently like 65ish , even 60 to 65ish on the freeway it got 16.5
mpg ..several times.
In the winter , in town short trips, it got 14mph.
Factor in ...others may not think this way ...but as a hard core
camper/survivalist ..
I would only want my Keeper Escape Pod Vanagon to be manual trans..
for the better fuel mileage...
for the ability to push start it ,
for the ability to keep moving with a few systems not working like
clutch hydraulic..
or even a whole gear not working.
with an automatic .if it doesn't start off the starter ...you're dead in
the water right there.
if it won't shift up into 3rd...
not uncommon eventually ....you can't go over about 40- to 50 mph .
so sure ...no clutch pedal ..
heck ..I shift them manually anyway ...I would never put it in 'D' and
let it do it's own shifting ...or seldom anyway.
you should get it !!
lol.
Scott
On 1/22/2014 5:43 AM, Larry Alofs wrote:
> To me the AT would be a selling point. Generally quite rugged and more
> easily rebuilt than the MT, and I'm too old for all that shifting.
> I would be tempted if it was still in MI (close to me).
> I'm confused about the " striped-pattern of usual Wolfsburg models, " .
> The '87 Wolfsburg I'm working on has the same solid grey fabric as my '91
> GL.
>
> Larry A.
> too many Vanagons, too little time
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 9:42 PM, SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss ) <
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
>> somebody save it and give it a good home.
>> the guy would probably take less too.
>> too bad it's an automatic, unless someone really wants an auto trans one
>> of these.
>> low miles too.
>> I wonder if that's as in............. 'low miles, high Detroit rust.'
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/21/2014 9:39 AM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>>
>>> cheap local bluestar. not mine.. looks like someone with a carat
>>> swapped
>>> the original bluestar diagonally striped interior out .....i have a nice
>>> color matched slider door for this btw. this is local so i can take a
>>> look
>>> if anyone is interested.
>>>
>>> _1989 Volkswagen Vanagon- Wolfsburg_
>>> (http://allentown.craigslist.org/cto/4290306624.html)
>>>
>>>