At 8:09 PM 8/2/96, Ken and Charlotte Miller wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jul 1996 ASataloff@aol.com wrote: > > > I am curious if there are those out there with Eurovan and how they are > > faring? > > > 30K on an EV MV. Niggling things taken care of under warranty. > Fluctuating fuel guage etc. We may do the piston slap thing with the > dealer. Its gutless but as many other people have mentioned what VW van > isn't. I didn't buy it to race. Overall we love it because of the room. > > Ken and Charlotte Ken and Charlotte: I didn't buy mine to race either, but it worked pretty well climbing mountain grades between Sacramento and Crescent City. Blew the doors off three mopar minis going up a hill in 4th gear (out of 5) at 60mph. Really. There were two of them together coming up in my rear view mirror while I was taking it easy at 55. When they got into the passing lane, I changed my mind and kicked it up to 60. Hill went on for a couple of miles. They never did catch up! I thought this was kinda weird, till the wife and I caravaned to Utah a while ago. She has a Montero with a V-6 and a 5-speed. On ALL the steep hills, I left her behind. Has to be gearing and torque (the EV has about the same, or more, torque than the 3.0L V-6 in the spousal unit's car and is geared lower). They are most gutless at high elevations with the AC going full bore. Take forever to accelerate, but always do. -Tim Parker 93 EV GL 60 Singlecab 29 Model A Ford
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