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• Re: slightVC: TDI vs hybrid (was: Re: TDI conversion thoughts)
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:19:05 -0400
  ...Many, many people have over 200,000 miles on a Prius (original battery) and one person has driven their Prius over 285,000 miles...
• Re: "green" cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:27:43 -0600
  ...ever driven. If you watch the news from European countries carefully you'll see that the Europeans have taken to the Hybrid cars for...
• Re: cheap '89 Bluestar on CL
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:02:23 -0800
  ...Converted my 88 Doka to auto with ABA hybrid inline-4 (not that kind of hybrid). Have a turbo 2.2 Subie in the...
• Re: Hydrogen fuel cars
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Fri, 22 Jan 2016 22:15:08 -0500
  ...for longer range drives, if I hadn’t just gotten my Volt last year. I wish that the plug in hybrid technology would spread...
• Re: Screeching Alternator Belt
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 12 May 2017 10:31:24 -0700
  The proper belt is a Continental, listed for Porsche power steering, on my 84 weird motor ABA hybrid van. Odd size, forgot where I...
• Re: My dream vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 18:17:55 -0500
  ...hard drive with my whole collection on file with an in dash > CD and > tape > > Inverter > > Sway bars > > Stainless (Noiseless) Exhaust system. (Hybrid only...
• Re: Was Ford Galaxy Friday, now Technology Comparison
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:59:55 -0800
  ...Hybrid versus regular gas cars as there is about vanagons and reliability. Remember the blast Toyota got about their claimed MPG versus what drivers...
• Was Ford Galaxy Friday, now Technology Comparison
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:26:49 -0600
  Hybrid technology is just a add-in to the primary technology used to drive the vehicle. But it's a good add-in for...
• Re: They said it couldn't be done....
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:50:47 -0500
  Heat would have to be resistance, AC would have to be driven by separate electric motor (latter would be like most hybrids and EVs...
• Nexen SV820
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:12:05 -0500
  ...Talley - 2011 > > Apr 1, 2011 – Talley, Eugene, "Hybrid Air Conditioning Systems Overview" > > (2011). Presentations. ... Belt Driven A/C Systems ... “new” Prius is the > > 2004...
• Re: VW gets busted (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 19 Sep 2015 13:58:32 -0400
  The drivetrain being the main difference between the two, I'll ignore the body/frame/etc. http://www.theguardian.com/vital-signs/2015/jun...
• Re: Was Ford Galaxy Friday, now Technology Comparison
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:56:26 -0600
  ...I will say that some (but not all) of the mpg improvement in the prius over its nearest comparables is due to driver behavior...
• Re: Prius question with vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:20:14 -0500
  ...Talley - 2011 >> Apr 1, 2011 � Talley, Eugene, "Hybrid Air Conditioning Systems Overview" >> (2011). Presentations. ... Belt Driven A/C Systems ... �new� Prius is the >> 2004...
• Re: vanagons days numbered?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 2 Aug 2004 21:50:04 -0400
  Brian, Hmm, if they tax us by the miles we drive, then we would be taxed the same as a fuel sipping hybrid for...
• A new addition to our family
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Mar 96 18:27:50
  ...these bugs decide not to breed in my driveway...and god knows what sort of hybrid might result if they got to close to...
• Re: How long will Vanagons be made in RSA?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 12:03:31 +1200
  >The bad news: >Rumors are that the right-hand driven T3 from SA will be discontinued next >year. >The T4 goes to SA, while...
• Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:58:09 -0700
  ...To crank up the mileage > on those, it's easier to hybridize with an electric motor. The European > makers sell lots of cars in...
• Electric motors in each wheel, was Re: Hybrid technologies
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 2 Jul 2008 19:03:14 -0700
  ...Hybrid technologies > "The drive motors would be independent electric motors on each wheel...." > > Porsche would be proud since one of his first cars was...
• Re: need list wisdom
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Mon, 20 Jan 1997 14:30:40 -0500 (EST)
  ...initial estimates show a realistic, i.e., something that is remotely driveable, hybrid electric conversion to be around 5-6K USD). But that's...
• Re: Was Ford Galaxy Friday, now Technology Comparison
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:04:17 -0500
  ...Was Ford Galaxy Friday, now Technology Comparison Hybrid technology is just a add-in to the primary technology used to drive the vehicle. But...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: electric or hybrid conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 20:16:43 -0500
  ...you drive along on the highway. that seems to me to be a better idea than this toyota prius and honda insight hybrid stuff...
• Re: Smart Car..Wow.. NVC
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:46:51 -0400
  ...So you get your fuel economy, and > an actual car that is fun to drive to boot! I would much rather drive a Jetta...
• Re: Engine Swaps: Apples and Oranges and Jerks
  Historical mailing list - DAPrescott
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 19:16:09 EST
  ...This time with a little twist, hybrid electric. >> Interesting prediction. All the talk about engine swaps and all got me thinking lately. But what...
• Re: Vanagons as electric vehicles and other stuff....
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 4 May 2008 20:20:49 -0700
  ...I'm not bashing EV's, I think electric vehicles, hybrids, and PHEV's are really cool, but you have to realize a gallon...
• Re: Yet another Vanagon Hybrid thought.....
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 16:03:29 -0700
  ...On 10/5/07, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote: > THe issue with an ICE engine making electric power to drive a vehicle is...
• Re: Friday: The Priius.....
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:46:28 -0800
  ...a very sporting car to drive I hear. I don't know about that. Sporting for a hybrid. I get passed by the little...
• Re: 500 miles per gallon
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:00:17 -0400
  Probably a plug in hybrid concept. 100 mpg would be fine with me. At that point even at $5 per gallon you are looking...
• Re: 1977 VW van hybrid
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 9 Dec 2010 16:52:20 -0700
  ...Drive the generator from the > driveline as well...It CAN be done as I have talked to at least 3 who are > trying it...
• Re: SubaGon resale values
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 2 Jun 2001 23:03:34 +1200
  ...My wasser currently has no real problems >(that I know of), the problems are with me not wanting to drive it any >distance with...
• Re: Xenon Lights? (was South African grills & H4s)
  Historical mailing list - Owen
  Sun, 14 Dec 2003 06:01:33 -0600
  ...They have better visibility without concern for blinding the oncoming driver. I would be concerned with that oncoming driver blinded by Xenons losing his...
• Re: Alert for Oregonians-new tax for miles driven?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 4 Jan 2003 14:01:08 -0500
  ...They already decided that hybrid car owners should pay double the normal registration fee, because they aren't "paying their fair share" of gas...
• Chevy Small Block Swap
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:52:50 -0500
  ...Can you find anyone to work on it, the van with the new engine being a hybrid. How does fuel consumption compare with original...
• Re: Hydrogen fuel cars
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 23 Jan 2016 12:37:47 +0000
  ...for longer range > drives, if I hadn’t just gotten my Volt last year. > > I wish that the plug in hybrid technology would spread...
• Re: hybrid Vanagons. Was:RE: Hydrogen cars. Was: Re: waterboxer pinging
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:23:41 -0500
  ...When I asked Otmar why he didn't finish the electric drive, he said he > realized how economically impractical the idea was after owning...
• Re: And now for something Completely Different
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:15:19 -0700
  ...I drive a 86 GL myself. >I was wondering how hard it would be to hybridize a vanagon. Add a little >helper motor/generator...
• Re: Was Ford Galaxy Friday, now Technology Comparison
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:26:51 -0600
  ...Was Ford Galaxy Friday, now Technology Comparison Hybrid technology is just a add-in to the primary technology used to drive the vehicle. But...
• Other westie layouts
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:20:22 -0800
  Here is a link to German Ebay where one of the hybrid Westy interiors can be seen for sale. It has a full kitchen...
• Re: Advice about buying a bug
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:49:50 -0700
  ...The guy you perceived to make have insulted to "Pius" drivers was still on topic and not telling people the whole world will be...
• Re: Could compressed natural gas work or be an upgrade for the fridge and stove
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 4 Jul 2011 12:58:21 -0700
  ...At some point we well figure out how to put that drive train in Vanagons. and we'll have plug-in electric hybrid vanagons...
• Re: Nexen SV820
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:51:55 -0600
  ...Talley - 2011 > > > Apr 1, 2011 � Talley, Eugene, "Hybrid Air Conditioning Systems > Overview" > > > (2011). Presentations. ... Belt Driven A/C Systems ... �new� Prius is > the > > > 2004...
• Re: clean air again
  Historical mailing list - George Chapman
  Fri, 6 Aug 1999 11:23:49 -0700
  ...other hybrid engines (natural gas) or fuel cells, that are options.) In the end analysis, if you want to limit pollution, drive less. Glad...
• Re: HHO Kits
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:05:57 -0500
  ...I suspect that Scott meant the Prius accompanied the Vanagon to the shop, to ferry the Vanagon driver away. 52 mpg would be very...
• Re: They said it couldn't be done....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:53:32 -0500
  ...resistance, AC would have to be driven by separate > electric motor (latter would be like most hybrids and EVs on the road now, > factory...
• Re: On parts availability and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:34:41 +1200
  ...How about fitting a hybrid Camry drivetrain? -- Regards Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand Fossil preparator Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fanatic
• Re: Friday: The Priius.....
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:33:08 -0600
  ...a very sporting car to drive I hear. > > > > I don't know about that. Sporting for a hybrid. I get passed by the little...
• Re: 500 miles per gallon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:33:29 -0500
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Ken Wilford wrote: > Probably a plug in hybrid concept. 100 mpg would be fine with me. At > that point...
• Re: 90 Westy... Blown 2.1...What's It Worth?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:58:14 -0400
  ...You'll have a hard time getting a mechanic to work on a hybrid like that. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org...
• Re: Iceland
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:44:32 +0000
  There are zillions (is that metric or ? ) of tiny dirt roads upon which these folks drive a bizarre hybrid of a family SUV with...
• Re: This just HAS to be a new question...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 04:01:23 -0700
  ...disconnect the driveshaft, and then install an electric motor system to drive the front wheels. Front electric plus rear gas powered=hybrid. --- Kyle Davis...
• Re: looking for sponsors(diesel/electric hybrid vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 20:23:47 -0400
  ...class this term at ccc on the basics of engine and drivetrain design and function. thats the teaser for the teaser... i have my...
• Re: Smart Car..Wow.. NVC
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:27:47 -0700
  ...So you get your >> fuel economy, and >> an actual car that is fun to drive to boot! I would much rather drive a >> Jetta...
• Re: Electric motors in each wheel, was Re: Hybrid technologies
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:29:11 -0400
  ...Hybrid technologies > > > "The drive motors would be independent electric motors on each wheel...." >> >> Porsche would be proud since one of his first cars was...
• Re: Intake air flow, improvement possible?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:35:12 -0700
  ...Two shows on tv recently ran into that as well as honda not wanting to use the epa milage for their hybrid vehicle. The...
• Electric Vanagon Possibility
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:10:57 -0700
  ...remove the drive shaft, and mount the electric motor directly to the front differential (with a decoupler). Viola! A Vanagon hybrid. You'd still...
• Re: Hydrogen cars. Was: Re: waterboxer pinging
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:35:46 -0400
  ...is strictly electric, that is, the compressor is driven by its own electric motor (unlike the Honda hybrids, where the A.C. is engine...
• Re: 500 miles per gallon
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:35:27 -0400
  ...Allan "Ken Wilford" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> said: > Probably a plug in hybrid concept. 100 mpg would be fine with me. At > that point even...
• Re: Still Friday, sort of OT...why I like BMWs
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:20:34 -0700
  The last powertrain project manager for BMW and now running the BMW hybrid division drives a tintop Syncro with a Subaru SVX engine. I...
• Re: westfalia conversion van idea (MVC)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 12:48:52 -0400
  On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Andrew Fox wrote: > The result would hopefully be a hybrid that has shares the > excellent layout of the Westfalia...
• Re: slightVC: TDI vs hybrid (was: Re: TDI conversion thoughts)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:36:36 -0700
  ...Many, many people > have over 200,000 miles > on a Prius (original battery) and one person has > driven their Prius over > 285,000 miles...
• Re: Wanted: Fridge/Sink/Stove cabinet
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 12:25:29 -0400
  ...Fridge/Sink/Stove cabinet. > >Considering squeezing it into '87 weekender between bed and driver's >seat-- 35" available--with middle seat removed. Partial hookups...