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• Tire vs mph difference
  Historical mailing list - Jason Orr
  Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:10:04 -0400
  ...tires on my stock rims? I wanted better handling and it definitely worked but I really didnt think about the mph difference. Thanks!! Jason
• Re: right sized tires, wrong speed indication
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:27:15 -0500
  At 10:22 PM 2/18/2002, Bradley Flubacher wrote: >My '84 westy cruises nicely at 75-80 MPH, according to the speedometer. >It...
• Speedometer and 15/65/205 Tires/Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:40:39 -0700
  ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=345224 They were claiming as much as 10 mph under at 70 mph (actually traveling...
• Tachless Vanagons (1984)
  Historical mailing list - Les Shiaman
  Sun, 27 Jan 2002 21:57:53 -0800
  ...First gear limit ---> 20 mph Second gear limit ---> 40 mph Third gear limit ---> 65 mph Can some you who have the same model I...
• Re: low cost Load D tires found?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:39:56 -0400
  ...I've > never had one, driven on one that was "only rated at 87 mph". Mine > have all been 40 mph. I was looking...
• Re: Was Top Speed
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 12 Dec 95 15:26:31 CST
  On Tue, 12 Dec 1995 14:11:50 -0600 Harvey Chao said: >FPS/ MPH how about MPG?? how about Furlongs per Fortnight??? that would...
• Re: New Engine Gas Mileage Report
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:23:06 -0700
  ...It routinely gets 19-20 mpg near sea level when I drive on the freeway at a consistent 65 mph, except when it was...
• Re: EV at 100 mph?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Oct 1995 16:09:39 -0700
  ...I cruise at 75 mph and max has been 87 - 90 ant about 4600 rpm redline is about 5000. Elliot You wrote: > >> Who took...
• Re: Safe RPM's
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 15 Oct 2000 11:21:43 -0400
  ...I saw a post > earlier where someone said they did 65 mph at 3400 rpm. I have an 89GL > automatic, with alloy wheels, Michelin...
• Re: 27" BFG all terrain tires on 82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Wed, 7 Dec 2005 01:05:26 -0500
  ...The top speed is definitely increased by about 3 or 4 mph. Don't know where you got 1.13%. I get 7.54...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 31 Aug 2017 11:56:09 -0700
  I try to keep my highway speed at 60 mph. Sometimes it creeps up to 65, particularly when there is downhill. Depending on conditions...
• Re: Trip report
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 20 Nov 2010 08:01:22 -0600
  ...4400 rpm," "80 mph." I guess a waterboxer. Mine (newer 2.1) runs smoothly and nicely at about 3000 rpm, 60 mph on the...
• Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 17:20:07 EDT
  ...It sucks (pun intended) because I can't get more than 89.783 mpg when I go any speed above 426.79 mph. I...
• Re: 120 MPh, 99 Eurovan, Winnebago
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 07:24:01 -0700
  Virtually all European cars are designed to cruise comfortably at 160-180 km/hr, 100-110 mph, just to stay in the traffic flow...
• 120 MPh, 99 Eurovan, Winnebago
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 01:14:45 EDT
  ...When I slowed down to 100 MPH, it felt too slow. You should have seen the Suburban giving me the stare down, wow. You...
• Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 22:28:27 -0700
  ...Plugging in the numbers for an air-cooled DK tranny in 4th gear shows rpms much higher than you recall at 70/75 mph...
• Re: tach in an 85
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 6 Jun 2011 17:12:08 -0700
  ...50 MPH = > >~4200 RPM. I could probably chart that and figure out what's going > >on. It does make me a little more comfortable...
• Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 02:17:43 -0500
  ...75 MPH - unusual? > Although I cruise at 75mph all day long, I rarely have a chance to open up my > 2.1 WBX to...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:18:50 -0400
  80 MPH that must have been the slow lane. and now you can usderstand why i took my 56 single cab off the road...
• Re: Speedometer and 15/65/205 Tires/Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:59:04 -0500
  Divide your seconds per mile into 3600 and you will get mph. Example: If you go one mile in 50 sec, 3600/50 = 72...
• Re: What can go wrong..... (followup and short trip report)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 20:00:51 -0700
  ...I've driven the camper across the country several time and typically driven an average 65 mph. But since the miles are so high...
• Re: Comments on Splittie
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 10:12:22 -0500
  ...These days I never run 55 mph (always 70 mph to keep from getting run over on the interstate) and the ground is seldom...
• Re: Warning!!! Check Your Speedometer - What a Sad, Sad Example
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 13 May 2002 12:53:04 +1200
  >Are you all serious??? My 1989 speedometer has BOTH the MPH and KPH printed >clearly on the dial!! Don't all vanagons have both...
• Re: right sized tires, wrong speed indication
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 20:42:50 -0800
  What is the big deal about MPH being not accurate with different tires. Is there a police following you ready to give a ticket...
• Re: Speedometer markings
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 May 1997 16:18:19 +0300
  ...about 80 mph :) >in the OLD models of vws, they had little "bars" that marked the shift mph .. >not dots. i don't know...
• Re: 133 mph WB?? BUNK!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:09:39 -0500
  ...133 mph WB?? BUNK! >On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:20:17 +0100, Helmut Zeidler wrote: > >> I guess, Robert owns an kph speedo, and...
• Friday...
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 08:49:42 -0400
  A married couple is driving down the interstate doing 55 mph. The husband is behind the wheel. His wife looks over at him and...
• Re: Alternator warning light problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 20:44:08 -0400
  ...At 70 mph the light was fully on, constantly glowing bright red. Just below 60 mph it went out. In between it flickered, gathering...
• Re: Slow Down And Save Some Gas
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:39:53 -0800
  ...Better gas mileage at 55 mph. I should make it clear that the long stretches where I could cruise at 55 mph were driven...
• Gearing/rpm
  Historical mailing list - Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 07:52:15 -0700
  Hey My tach reads about 4000 RPM at 70 MPH. Does this seem about right? It's an 87 Synchro. Cruising at 4000 RPM...
• Re: '84 Westy Speedometer Accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Buck
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 12:06:05 EST
  ...In my case I was 10 mph optomistic at 60 mph. That went a long way to explaining the single digit salutes I was...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 13:06:13 -0500
  ...Here in Iowa we're generally >dealing with persons who drive as slow as 60 mph, with the prevailing >speed around 70-75 mph...
• Re: Speedometer and 15/65/205 Tires/Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Dor�
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:03:44 -0400
  ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=345224 They were claiming as much as 10 mph under at 70 mph (actually traveling...
• Re: friday...whats the FASTEST youve driven in your vanagon????
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 13:58:49 -0800
  ...reading 91 MPH actual 82 MPH on the flat. It don't need to go any faster than that. The brakes won't stop...
• 70 mph bus trip gauge wanted or trade
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Henricks
  Wed, 12 Jul 1995 22:56:46 -0700 (PDT)
  I have a 70 mph VDO/porsch 356 spider trip gauge in my bus that i would like to replace with a stock trip...
• Re: Gearing/rpm
  Historical mailing list - Richard Green
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:57:43 -0500
  ...I have done some 70 mph freeway driving, put I feel better at a little slower pace. Richard in Texas Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette...
• Re: i luv summer diesel
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Jul 1994 09:15:21 -0400
  In my travels in my 83 diesel I cruise happily at 65 mph which I use as an upper limit for my motor. In...
• Re: Coffesions of a speeder what kind of gas milage do you see at 75 MPH
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 07:49:00 -0700
  >I went to Maine this week in my van at speeds of 65 to 85 MPH but mostly >stayed right around 75 the trip...
• mileage? I'll give you mileage
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Thu, 04 Apr 1996 10:27:48 -0700
  ...Usual mileage varies significantly with average driving speed -- 55 mph -> 21- mpg, 45 mph ->23+ mpg. YMMV. Dworkin
• 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:18:26 -0500
  ...Is it that unusual for a Vanagon Westfalia to cruise at 75 MPH? I do it all the time in my '85. Stock motor...
• Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:24:08 -0500
  ...75 MPH - unusual? Please, tell me oh all-knowing list. Is it that unusual for a Vanagon Westfalia to cruise at 75 MPH? I...
• Re: Some Engine Conversions (fomerly "TO WATERBOXER OR NOT"??)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 09:11:19 EST
  ...Gas mileage is @20 mph (heavier accelerations) - 22 mpg city and 24 mpg to 25 mph highway at @65 (I fixed a throttle switch...
• Re: Gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 22:41:06 -0400
  ...BTW I tend to drive Hans faster, I don't know why; 2/3 of the trip on freeways @ 70-75 mph, 1/3...
• Re: Gas Mileage Improvements?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:19:18 -0700
  ...The most dramatic improvement that I've found on my '87 Westy automatic was measured at a constant 75 mph highway driving, versus 65...
• Re: GPS
  Historical mailing list - Dave C
  Sat, 13 May 2000 18:53:53 -0400
  ...We were cruising about 458 mph! (Boeing 737 I think) From what I understand as long as satellite aquisition isn't a problem they...
• Re: 120 MPh, 99 Eurovan, Winnebago
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mikkelson
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 08:04:33 -0700
  ...The Chinook RV motorhome attained a speed of 99.706 mph in a density altitude of 5384 feet!" It looks like they will have...
• Re: oil pressure question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Sep 94 14:39:03 EDT
  ...at spark plug #3!): > (<55 MPH) 275-300 deg F > 60 MPH 300-350 deg F > 65+ MPH 350-375 deg F > > Head temperature...
• Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 19:08:57 -0400
  We hit 70-75 mph on our way to FL every year and hardly feel it, it's actually legal on a few interstates...
• Re: Tiico convert question
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 21:00:18 EST
  ...An extra 10 mph is nothing in the overall scheme of things. Not a Westy of course. I doesn't hurt to have a...
• Re: RPM
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 21:54:14 -0500
  ...3800-3900 in my automatic nets me 65 MPH and finds me > wishing for an overdrive - but the torque probably isn't there. > > -Blaine...
• Re: Speedometer and 15/65/205 Tires/Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:46:37 -0400
  ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=345224 They were claiming as much as 10 mph under at 70 mph (actually traveling...
• Re: Subaru Engines (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 28 May 2004 23:39:39 -0400
  ...When you're forced to try to merge into traffic going 70 mph, and all the accelleration you can muster only gets you to...
• 1983 to 1985 Spedo calibration mph fix
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Sat, 15 May 2010 20:17:00 -0700
  I saw someone post to one of the vanagon lists about there not being a fix for a speedo mph�that is off. My...
• Re: 120 MPh, 99 Eurovan, Winnebago
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 11:13:27 -0300
  you guys wouldn't happen to be confusing KPH with MPH would you?? Mark wrote: > >European cars are designed to cruise comfortably at > >100...
• Re: "green" cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:23:15 -0600
  ...Think about how much better your Westy does at 55 mph on it's fuel. Mine goes from 17 mpg at 70 mph to...
• Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:56:20 -0500
  ...75 MPH - unusual? > Please, tell me oh all-knowing list. Is it that unusual for a Vanagon > Westfalia to cruise at 75 MPH? I...
• Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:26:43 -0400
  ...75 MPH - unusual? Please, tell me oh all-knowing list. Is it that unusual for a Vanagon Westfalia to cruise at 75 MPH? I...
• Re: just finished installing my shadyboy awning
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 17:06:22 -0600
  ...Were you facing into the wind or w/ the wind in those 35 mph gusts? FWIW, Tom Buese
• Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:02:24 -0600
  ...Is it that unusual for a Vanagon Westfalia to cruise at 75 MPH? I do it all the time in my '85. Stock motor...
• Cooling issues?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 27 Aug 2013 08:47:47 -0600
  ...I was noticing that with the accelerator in the same position running 60 mph it was about 112f and 65 mph 119f? Could the...