Date:         Fri, 09 Feb 96 19:20:42 CST
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From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      Re: 911-Drivetrain in 66 Micro??

On Fri, 9 Feb 1996 15:48:17 -0600 Edmund A. Hintz said:
>        Anybody else notice that everytime Steve posts about his V6anagon
>he goes up hills just a little faster? Last post said 65 in 4th, now it's
>70. Hmm, methinks the man is bragging...    ;-)

yeah. ever notice he NEVER says anything about going DOWNhill??? say ...
maybe he CAN'T go downhill!!! maybe that thing has like an old Saab
transmission with a free-wheeling overdrive (or as we say in the south,
a Georgia-Overdrive <kick it into Neutral, so the motor don't overrev.
of course, the brakes melt and catch fire, but ... >).
:)

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