Date:         Tue, 13 Jun 95 7:06:12 EDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Drew B. Farenwald" (SLAD/CBNED) <dbf@arl.mil>
Subject:      Re: 5 cyl Vanagon


> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 95 09:07:00 edt
> From: Smith Woody <WSMITH@osfms1.hq.nasa.gov>
> 
> Bill Killian wrote:
> 
> >> I want a 5-cyl engine! From an Ur Quattro! I'm going to stop breathing
> >> until someone give me one!
> >
> >Buy a EuroVan ;)  We already got that engine....
> 
> Bill , have you ever driven a Eurovan?
> 
> I have.  God, I HATED it!  That 5-cylinder engine right up front there 
> really growls in your ears so loudly it's hard to have a conversation.  The 
> one I drove, a Winnebago conversion, didn't feel any quicker, any more 
> responsive or any nimbler than my '86 Westie.  But it sure was LOUD!

	Mmmmm.  "growls"  "LOUD" ??  My '73 was loud, but hey, that comes
along with air cooling.  But now my '93, it purrs.  Maybe the Winnie
conversion (w/ an automatic I bet) growls.  I would too with an RV on my
back and only a lame 4 speed automatic to get from here to there.  But my EV
with the 5 speed stick is very quiet.  Road noise is more noticeable.

The 2500 5-cylinder is a nice little engine.

--Drew

BTW:  Does on automatic transmission in a bus make any sense at all?  I
could never understand it.