Date:         Fri, 5 Dec 1997 09:21:53 -0500
Reply-To:     "Michael D. Gale" <mgale@IBM.NET>
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From:         "Michael D. Gale" <mgale@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: speed & acceleration
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With all the conversation about speed & accel^h^h^h^h^h changing
positions
I'm currious about what other people think constitutes abuse of a bus.
Durnik, '90 GL 150,000 miles, does a little over 3000 miles/month here
in NJ.
Half of that on the Parkway.  I originally tried to keep my speeds
around 60 mph.
Now I'm as likely to be passing on the left as being passed.

Do other people typically run around at 4000 rpm?  If so, have any of
you gotten
200,000 plus miles on your engine? Did VW design the engine
with the assumption that even the high green is normal operating or
should I stop
putting pennies in a jar for a new engine & start saving greenbacks?
Is there anyone on the list that has successfully put in a 5speed?  I'd
sure like to
drop a 1000 rpm off of my highway speed.

BTW: Durnik normally accelerates out of a toll booth such that he
reaches 60-65
within 2 tenths of a mile.  4000 rpm=>70mph.  And he has been lively
enough to
chirp his tires on dry payment when shifting into 2nd.  Neat but I have
try to avoid
such hard shifts unless neccesary when pulling out into traffic.

michael gale & durnik
"Those you live by the sword will be shot by those who don't."