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Date:         Fri, 30 Sep 94 22:16:21 PDT
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From:         David Schwarze <schwarze@io.nosc.mil>
Subject:      Re: speeds in eurovans.

RGOLEN@umassd.edu writes: > > Well...in a 4 cyl 2.0L European T4 I was able to do 145 kph on the > Autoroute between Grenoble and Geneve...let's see that works out > to over 90mph... > > Top that snivelling 4 cylinder Vanagon types!! ;-)

Well, I never drove one, but while I was living in Germany (84-85) I used to see empty vanagons doing 150 and even 160 kph on the autobahn! Maybe they had a tailwind or sumthin...

-David

============================================================================= David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================


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