Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 09:51:40 -0600
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From: sdurrant@MosbyCH1.com (Scott Durrant)
Subject: Re: Power & Heat
I just bought a Cannondale, hope it works out.
Did the occupants appear to be screaming? It is likely they were going
downhill and couldn't slow the damn rig down :-)
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> From: Karen Winter <cen13504@centuryinter.net>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu>
> Subject: Re: Power & Heat
> Date: Wednesday, August 06, 1997 7:26 AM
>
> Michael,
>
> I see you ride a Cannondale bike. I just bought mine and love it. It is
> the forerunner to the Delta-V bikes of today. The rear suspension is
> passive. The quadra 21-r on the front works well. I am amazed how light
> the frames are on these bikes. I just hope they are not fragile!
>
> Are you sure the camper was not pulling the vanagon??
>
> Kenneth Winter
>
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > On our way back from our weekly pilgrimage from Rhode Island to New
> > Hampshire in our '84 Westy, we saw a most interesting sight. We were
> > traveling down 128 (really 95 south), when my girl friend said look at
that,
> > pointing to a enormous 30+ foot motor home trailer that we were
approaching.
> > Never having seen such a large trailer on this road we both stared as
we
> > passed it, what we saw next almost knocked me out of my seat. This
huge
> > motor home trailer was being towed by a ~89 VW Vanagon! The Vanagon
was
> > even keeled and travailing down the road at 65 mph. This came as quite
a
> > shock to me especially since I just spent the last 2 hours in NH trying
to
> > get my unloaded Westy to go up the slightest of hills! Anyway, is the
2.1
> > that much more powerful then the 1.9?? What gives here, I've never
seen
> > anything like this and don't know if it's normal.
> > Next issue, heat. I can't turn the heat completely off in my van.
I've
> > turned the control to the 'cold' setting and made sure the vents are
closed,
> > but the center heating unit under the dash in the middle still heats up
and
> > pushes hot air out around the closed vents. This also happens with
the
> > rear heater, even when the switch is turned to 'no heat' hot air still
leaks
> > out. Is this the price I must pay for heat during the winter, or is
there a
> > way to turn the heat off completely?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike D.
> > '84 Westy
> > '97 Passat GLX VR6
> > '96 Canaondale F-700
> > '95 Cannondale R-600
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