Virtually all European cars are designed to cruise comfortably at 160-180 km/hr, 100-110 mph, just to stay in the traffic flow. And they do. Drove those speeds in my non-camper van in Europe when I picked it up in '87 and it worked pretty well. Cheers, Tom Neal On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Michael Modl wrote: > Just thought that I would share my Eurovan experience that I had today. > While traveling down the freeway I decided to see what the van could do. On > a long stretch of open highway, I went down on the gas about 90%, and in no > time, I was cruising at 120 MPH. It sure is a smooth ride. A very quiet > motor. When I slowed down to 100 MPH, it felt too slow. You should have seen > the Suburban giving me the stare down, wow. You'll never see a Suburban going > that fast. GO VOLKSWAGEN. > See ya, Michael > 87 Carat syncro > 87 quattro. > |
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