Steve, You should go Turbo-diesel then. I know what one of those can do, as my turbo-diesel rabbit pick-up towed my newly aquired diesel vanagon from Philly to Cleveland a couple of months ago. Never saw any wheelchairs, but then my speed never dropped below 40 mph on the PA turnpike (and there's a lot of hills on that sucker!) And I still averaged 28 or 29 mpg. :-) Mark -----Original Message----- From: Steven Broomhead <broom-sr@swbell.net> To: Mark Thoma <TVReporter@STRATOS.NET>; Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM> Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 11:37 PM Subject: Re: DIESEL is............
>Mark, > >While it is true that I can pull a 10 inch diameter tree stump in 1st >gear, the problem is I don't see that many tree stumps at stop >lights/signs. > >It is also true that I got great diesel mileage, It is embarrasing when >a man in a wheelchair can pass me on the street, going uphill, into the >wind, and he is using only one arm going backwards! > >Mark Thoma wrote: > >> Hey Steve you forgot, >> >> Torquey, >> Efficient, >> & >> Ecomical, >> >> Mark >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Steven Broomhead <broom-sr@SWBELL.NET> >> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM> >> Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 11:47 PM >> Subject: DIESEL is............ >> >> >One final word of advice .......DON'T BUY A DIESEL >> > >> >D = D@MNED >> >I = INSIDIOUS >> >E = ENGINE; >> >S = SLUGGISH,, >> >E = EMBARRASSING, >> >L = LATHARGIC >> > >> > > > > > > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.