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• Re: offensive video
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:53:16 -0400
  ...Shawn, Single drivers in hybrids with those carpool exemption stickers are allowed in the carpool lane in California. BTW, if you like Routans so...
• Re: SubaGon resale values
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 3 Jun 2001 10:32:48 -0500
  ...For me, when I buy a vehicle, I simply drive it to dust. Redidual values are not considered. It depreciates from max value on...
• Re: OT: Friday: Gas price war / costs of road trips
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:28:08 -0700
  ...I bought my Prius in 2002 - I'd already decided that my next car would be a hybrid, so when my civic got stolen...
• Re: Prius question with vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:21:19 -0700
  ...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: 500 miles per gallon
  Historical mailing list - Berlett, Edward
  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:28:36 -0400
  ...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: help me understand US emissions control strategy.(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:21:36 -0400
  I'm a TDI driver so maybe I'm partial, but I don't think diesel stinks. I think it smells better than gasoline...
• Re: Hybrid Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:11:49 -0400
  ...Jim Akiba On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 11:50 AM, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote: > The average North American driver is too...
• Re: 500 miles per gallon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:00:18 -0500
  ...of > foreign oil. > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > Ken Wilford wrote: > >> Probably a plug in hybrid concept. 100 mpg would be fine with me...
• Breakthrough for TDI conversions!
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Wed, 12 Sep 2001 23:18:08 -0400
  ...This company has developed a hybrid injection system that is similar to the one used on the 1.9 TD (AAZ-code) engines. Claims...
• Re: Sad News: MSDS is no longer offering the Porsche engine swaps
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 10:59:17 EDT
  ...kits to install Porsche drivetrains. My guess is they did not want the MSDS name associated w/ incomplete or hybrid conversions. There is a...
• Re: They said it couldn't be done....
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:20:59 -0300
  ...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: Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 19:37:29 -0700
  ...to build a hybrid like mine...one of the parts I used is their "kit" to put an ABA-compatable drive gear on my...
• Re: Iceland
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:25:04 -0500
  ...Iceland There are zillions (is that metric or ? ) of tiny dirt roads upon which these folks drive a bizarre hybrid of a family SUV...
• On cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:36:23 -0500
  ...Speaking of electric motors...My friend was gathering info (for his wife) on the Hybrid vehicles. Ford Escape hybrid was on a pedestal and...
• Re: Stranded in the Midwest Veedubless.
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Tue, 7 Jul 1998 17:32:44 -0700
  ...Rowland >> mailto:crowland@earthlink.net There is a company (franchise?) on the west coast called Car Checkers that will drive to the car with...
• Re: Iceland
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:42:10 -0500
  ...metric or ? ) of tiny dirt roads upon which these folks drive a bizarre hybrid of a family SUV with extended fender flares and WIDE...
• Re-Visiting Electric Vehicle talk - event on Sunday.
  Historical mailing list - Fel Paj
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:10:34 -0700
  ...we've driven 1,240 miles, using 313.8 kWh for a cost of $28.24 -- my vanagon has been giving the "recreation" designation...
• Re: 500 miles per gallon
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:36:29 -0700
  ...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: They said it couldn't be done....
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 24 Aug 2014 13:07:44 -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: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:16:36 -0400
  I thought that meant VW would be producing a new retro style camper van with a hybrid motor! -- Pete '79 Westy "Aardvark" '87 Westy...
• vanagon for Prius
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:01:51 -0700
  ...strategy with regard to reclamation when its service life is over. Hybrids are appealing, but like two minutes on a three-minute egg.. Not...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 14:04:34 -0500
  ...Mostly, I just try not to drive at all--hence I moved from a place (Atlanta) where driving was a necessary evil, to a...
• Re: Bosch #s for a deisel starter? Maybe..
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 1 Sep 2017 20:47:03 -0700
  ...One is direct drive, the other is gear reduction. I have the gear reduction one in my Diesel and the direct drive one in...
• Re: slightVC: TDI vs hybrid (was: Re: TDI conversion thoughts)
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:12:17 -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: Iceland
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:45:36 -0400
  ...metric or ? ) of tiny dirt roads upon which > these folks drive a bizarre hybrid of a family SUV with extended fender > flares and WIDE...
• Re: Ford Galaxy Friday
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:11:09 -0600
  ...I agree that hybrids will be the way to go. I drive one because of the fuel savings and cleanliness. But, diesel fuel can...
• Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:38:10 -0700
  A DIESEL hybrid (electric motor assist)? That makes SENSE! Could you imagine a Smart Car size w/the current small diesel + electric motor? Could...
• Re: 500 miles per gallon(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:31:22 -0700
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Ken Wilford wrote: &gt; Probably a plug in hybrid concept. 100 mpg would be fine with me. At &gt...
• Re: '72 engine
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Sep 94 10:09:26 ADT
  ...I don't know about lengthwise mods, but you will need a full (vanagon size) side behind the driver. I've gone the other...
• Re: VW diesel engine available on Craigs List for $300 98K miles
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:33:46 -0800
  ...Why not take this one stage further - a hybrid vanagon as follows; 1. convert your vanagon to electric drivetrain and fill the engine compartment...
• eBus project: A T2 Westfalia converted with electric motor and LiIon batteries.
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:04:51 -0700
  ...to make a stretch Vanagon into a hybrid; electric front wheel and gas rear wheel drive. Never heard if the project finished. Years ago...
• Re: 80 Westy & Emmissions (+hybrid question)
  Historical mailing list - ForestDweller
  Tue, 3 Oct 2000 14:31:44 -0700
  ...the motor had been driven hard (and hot). Piston skirts scored, cam had worn grooves, cracked cylinder heads, and a baked in grime inside...
• Re: proper Aux battery type size?
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 21:53:01 -0700
  ...I found it was a little too tall for under the drivers seat. I have one under the rear bench and I also managed...
• Re: Prius question with vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:40:42 -0700
  ...Talley - 2011 >> Apr 1, 2011 � Talley, Eugene, "Hybrid Air Conditioning Systems Overview" >> (2011). Presentations. ... Belt Driven A/C Systems ... �new� Prius is the >> 2004...
• Re: Other westie layouts
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:57:13 -0800
  ...The water tank is 10 gals and fits under the bench seat > at the driver's side end. I wish we had these available...
• Re: Increasing fuel economy/decreasing con$umption
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 23 May 2008 11:34:27 -0500
  ...a drive-through window if you don't have to, and if you do, turn off the engine like it was a hybrid. Jim...
• Re: Iceland
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:48:46 -0500
  ...metric or ? ) of tiny dirt roads upon > which these folks drive a bizarre hybrid of a family SUV with > extended fender flares and WIDE...
• Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:44:06 -0700
  84 5sp w/ABA hybrid inline motor...93 jetta block with crossflow 8 valve head and Digifant..no cat exhaust. I've driven this...
• Rear bumper/Re: Parts ordering experience
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Fri, 4 Oct 1996 16:36:08 +0000
  ...I do wonder what other hybrid parts I'll find. As for Camelback VW, I was excited when I found they offered an Internet...
• Re: Sad News: MSDS is no longer offering the Porsche engine swaps
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 11:36:40 +1200
  ...kits to >install Porsche drivetrains. My guess is they did not want the MSDS name >associated w/ incomplete or hybrid conversions. There is a...
• Re: Fuel ponderings
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 10:36:34 -0800
  ...A hybrid gas/electric vehicle, were the drive train is COMPLETELY electric, but the engine, is simply an electric generator running at a constant...
• Re: Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 20:08:07 -0700
  ...to build a hybrid like mine...one > of the parts I used is their "kit" to put an ABA-compatable drive gear on > my...
• Re: Ford Galaxy Friday
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:46:43 -0500
  ...mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote: > I agree that hybrids will be the way to go. I drive one because of the fuel savings and cleanliness...
• cylinder index (funny Friday hijinx)
  Historical mailing list - Peder
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 17:35:17 -0500
  ...t you sell your Vanagon and buy one of those Honda hybrids. Oh wait, that's why you're a hypocrite, you should be...
• Re: Vanagon/Westaflia hybrid?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sat, 14 Sep 2002 04:44:44 -0700
  ...have had a side table, a rear facing jumpseat behind the driver and a rear cabinet with a large side door. --- "T." <midgard@DRAGON...
• Re: Any New Battery Technology
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:39:02 -0600
  ...It would be nice to have on my diesel westy, though, to get anxious-to-pass drivers off my butt without endangering my paper...
• Re: 500 miles per gallon
  Historical mailing list - Joel Sell
  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:28:11 -0700
  ...1 million electric or plug in hybrids are not going to appear overnight. It's just a STEP in the direction of stopping our...
• Re: Casfor Clunkers
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:01:27 -0700
  ...Buy some plates and insurance and I would still be ahead..Drive it down to the DMV or where ever and make about $3k...
• Re: better gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:45:31 -0600
  ...hybrid pulls upto the old aircooled bus with all the save the environment stickers on it comes to mind here. Whoever says they drive...
• Re: VW says it (yawn) again...the bus
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 13 Jan 2017 10:44:56 -0700
  ...a Hybrid might but here is some FoodForThought on Batt'Life ~ My Wife is a Realtor & drives a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid that We...
• Correct pricing information on new mechanical-control TDI engines
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:51:18 -0400
  ...This company has developed a > hybrid injection system that is similar to the one used on the 1.9 TD > (AAZ-code) engines. Claims...
• Re: westfalia conversion van idea (MVC)
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 13:02:04 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Andrew Fox wrote: > >> The result would hopefully be a hybrid that has shares the >> excellent...
• Re: 500 miles per gallon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:13:41 -0500
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Joel Sell wrote: > Oh come on. 1 million electric or plug in hybrids are not going to appear overnight...
• Re: More Energy Saving (driving)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:17:08 -0400
  ...He's back with Toyotas again (Prius) as Subaru doesn't have a hybrid. With the Prius he finally does not drive a manual...
• clutch...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:15:43 -0600
  ...Managed to drive it to a FLAPS near where I was going by starting it in gear at stop lights and slamming it through...
• Re: Global Warming My Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:25:16 -0400
  ...We'd better get on the stick. ::: :::Once thing I think we can safely say today is to drive less and carry :::more folks...
• Re: Re-Visiting Electric Vehicle talk - event on Sunday.
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:34:49 -0700
  ...we've driven 1,240 >miles, using 313.8 kWh for a cost of $28.24 -- my vanagon has been >giving the "recreation" designation...
• Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 06:13:08 -0700
  ...They'll build a highly idiosyncratic hybrid engine out of parts from three different designs instead of just using the dang electronic TDI pump...
• Re: And now for something Completely Different
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:33:38 -0400
  ...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: Iceland
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:18:33 +0000
  ...metric or ? ) of tiny dirt roads upon which these folks drive a bizarre hybrid of a family SUV with extended fender flares and WIDE...