Date:         Sun, 24 Oct 1999 14:16:35 -0400
Reply-To:     Rian Mullins <rian.mullins@MAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rian Mullins <rian.mullins@MAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: power
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I, for one, am very grateful to have the slowest car on the road.
I am the only person i know who doesn't have to check their speedometer
when they spot a cop. (Maybe if I had a speedometer it would be
different . . . )
I am considered a very safe driver.
Little do they know that when I had my 16v GTI 10 years ago,  my
insurance was $3500 a year.
I love  maxing out at 35 going up mountain passes; I feel like the
little engine that could.

When you have little, you appreciate much.
Rian Mullins

>Alas.....
>Maybe I'm just getting old. Speed and engine power used to mean a lot
to
>me. For years I've read all the posts on how to get more power for the
>vanagon. At first (nine years ago) when I first got my westy the lack
of
>power was hard to bear. Over time though I have almost learned to
>cherish the forced behavior change it commands if I choose to drive
it.
>When driving the westy I am forced to become a different person. I
slow
>down......   Its not as important to get places so fast. No longer
want
>to pass anyone (this one took a little while). I enjoy the scenery and
>take in life a little more. Hell, you can nearly give up prozac!
>Give up Luke on trying to make your two ton brick go faster. Come over
>to the "parked" side.
>
>Flame me...... its cold up here this morning!
>
>Bob, 84 westy
>Menomonie WI