Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdcsu!haapanen From: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Having your cake and.... Message-ID: <1093@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 13:07:03 EST Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1093 Posted: Sat Mar 9 13:07:03 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 06:05:12 EST References: <367@wjvax.UUCP> <138@ncr-tp.UUCP> <1248@amdahl.UUCP> Reply-To: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 33 In article <1248@amdahl.UUCP> ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems) writes: >> ... Some >> people have only two speeds, on and off, but for the rest of us who put >> a lot of miles in traffic where the speed is limited don't use the power >> often. >Never been a VW driver eh? When one grew up on 40 horses, digipedal >was all there was. Quite true. An older VW (40 hp or thereabouts) pretty well needed flat-out speed gathering if you ever wanted to make it up to the speed limit. >> I don't think the reliability of any of the general run of fours will >> be equal the the good V8s though, especially if loaded heavily. >I trust you are speaking only of the turbo fours when making these >comments as they are sure not the case for the non turbos! The aforementiond digipedal, 40 hp, 1.2 litre VWs tend to be amazingly reliable. It is not at all uncommon to get 100K-150K miles out of them before a rebuild if regular service and oil change intervals are followed. And it sure isn't because the engine doesn't get pushed to the limit. \tom haapanen watmath!watdcsu!haapanen Don't cry, don't do anything No lies, back in the government No tears, party time is here again President Gas is up for president (c) Psychedelic Furs, 1982