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• Gas Mileage: add nausium..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:22:26 -0700
  ...What about motors like that, never mind the Hybrid technology..Those cars, the hybrids, are for the wealthy, or at least for someone other...
• Re: "green" cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:27:43 -0600
  ...If you watch the news from European countries carefully you'll see that the Europeans have taken to the Hybrid cars for rentals and...
• Unofficial alliance to become corporate alliance??
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 10:16:47 -0600
  ...They recently announced that they, along with Audi AG, were forming an alliance to develop hybrid engines. /// Looks like 60 years of partnership on...
• Re: This just HAS to be a new question...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 04:01:23 -0700
  ...Front electric plus rear gas powered=hybrid. --- Kyle Davis <davis_family_46168@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Hey all, > > From personal experience (and list lurking and...
• Re: looking for sponsors(diesel/electric hybrid vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 20:23:47 -0400
  Education: fall term at catonsville community college then back to general motors institute to finish up my b.s.m.e. marital status: single...
• Re: Refrigerator exhaust part
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:57:18 -0600
  ...Bob Stevens Salt Lake> All van-ites,> > On my 86 syncro country homes/westy hybrid when I had my frig out to work on...
• Re: Buses by the Bridge
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:58:14 -0800
  ...It’s a “hybrid” link ;-) > > > > There’s also a thread on the Samba: > > > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=338973 > > > > > > Cheers...
• Re: Smart Car..Wow.. NVC
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:27:47 -0700
  ...Maybe plug in hybrids are more frugal but they are ten years away >> (battery costs). Electric cars (battery), E85 (gets less mpg in most...
• Re: TV antenna
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 12:06:49 -0400
  ...The Elgato tuners don't come with antenna's (I just got the Elgato EyeTV Hybrid, which does both analog and digital TV. The...
• Re: Agilis Nokian Hybrid Tires
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:18:38 -0500
  FWIW-Just got 4 new Hankook 185R14 RA08 installed at Discount tire and a free Yoko Y356 for my trouble(spare). Feels very nimble...
• Re: 81 Westfalia Blues
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Sep 95 17:06:07 EDT
  ...Could live with a hybrid. So, whadya think? > > Bob: all kidding aside; unless you need speed and are determined to get something water cooled...
• Re: Advice for 85 Westy Synchro
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Jul 1996 12:18:00 -0700
  ...Either it's not a Syncro or it's not a 1985 or someone has > assembled their own hybrid. Valid Syncro model years in...
• Re: Can I post this VW Concept Van link?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 5 Mar 2013 09:38:18 -0800
  ...That's also the perfect time to discuss the 261mpg VW hybrid.:-) BenT Mod sent from my electronic leash On Mar 5, 2013, at...
• Vanagon Stretch project update / wannabus
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 18:02:32 -0700
  ...Have fun! -Otmar- 72(front),73(rear),76,78,82,87(parts) Stretch bus 82 A3 GTI Westfalia turning into a hybrid electric Stretch...
• Re: 80 Westy & Emmissions (+hybrid question)
  Historical mailing list - ForestDweller
  Tue, 3 Oct 2000 14:31:44 -0700
  ...Makes me wonder (here's a kook idea)...has anyone ever done a hybrid conversion? If the bug air cooled engine were significantly cheaper...
• Re: Opinions wanted: Overhaul or Eletric?!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 29 Aug 2023 14:23:26 -0500
  ...when I might have My 2WD 90Westy converted to a 4WD Hybrid by adding > > Wheel Motors to the front wheels,,, Have not yet done...
• Re: Friday: The Priius.....
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:46:28 -0800
  ...Sporting for a hybrid. I get passed by the little 'door stops' at a fairly fast clip quite often. And mind you, I am...
• Electric Vanagon Possibility
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:10:57 -0700
  ...Viola! A Vanagon hybrid. You'd still have the gas motor for the long hauls, and the electric for around town. No 4WD though...
• Great to be back!
  Historical mailing list - John Grazul
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 13:46:50 EDT
  ...and the adult bikes were hung off the back on my hybrid Paulschon/Thule rail set-up. I'll tell all to anyone who...
• Re: Engine braking with a turbo...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 22:17:44 -0700
  ...It probably will all be 'gas-electric' or diesel-elerctric hybrid pretty soon. and...........the Plug in gas-electric hybrid................that you can also...
• 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: Hydrogen fuel cars
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 23 Jan 2016 12:37:47 +0000
  ...the other style). > > Hydrogen sources are rare. > > My Volt (plug in hybrid) works well for me, as nearly all my driving of > it, falls...
• 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: Was Ford Galaxy Friday, now Technology Comparison
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:56:26 -0600
  ...But to say that there is nothing to the hybrid technology that gets the mpg up is nonsense. When the gasoline engine is not...
• Re: VW camper van article
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:22:45 -0500
  ...Stuart MacMillan wrote: > > > Interesting, 496 bhp would be nice, but a hybrid would be a better idea, otherwise you'll need a utility hookup...
• Re: More on TR 16x7 steelies
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:39:12 -0800
  ...There is a guy on Samba selling hybrid nuts needed to properly match the diameter of the smaller ball with the larger diameter lug...
• Re: Sucky Gas Mileage-ethanol in fuel
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 2 May 2013 20:14:46 -0700
  ...Just graft a Vanagon body onto a powerful hybrid or full on EV - that would do it. btw...it being Almost Friday .. VW is...
• Re: Dual Fuel Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
  Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:32:34 +0000
  On Thursday 23 Mar 2006 02:20, dusty edwards wrote: > however, i was wondering if anybody else runs their van as a hybrid w...
• Re: Burningman Labor Day Weekend
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Sun, 19 Jul 1998 19:52:22 -0700
  ...87(parts) Stretched bus 82 A3 GTI Westfalia, turning into a hybrid electric stretch 86 Syncro 7 passenger Soon to be the front of...
• timing belt inline 4
  Historical mailing list - Hermann the German
  Thu, 30 May 2002 01:32:47 +0000
  ...much is the timing belt for a 2.0l Golf/Audi hybrid?</P> <P>Any info/advice is welcome.TIA.Cheers,<BR><BR>Hermann...
• Re: Electric Power Steering Pumps
  Historical mailing list - P.Dooley
  Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:14:57 -0400
  ...I think what he's talking about is a hybrid electric/hydraulic system, where the pump is turned by a motor. I've heard...
• After Burning Van
  Historical mailing list - Tanja Bomb
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 01:06:04 -0800
  ...We are transgenic transcontinental species jumping mutant hybrid lifeforms and we are on a mission. Costumes are absolutely necessary! No costume, no partay! And...
• Re: Wanted: Fridge/Sink/Stove cabinet
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 12:25:29 -0400
  ...Anyone have experience with such a >hybrid? Still consulting the Delphi oracle (archives), too. > >Cheers, Tom Neal > <bold>Michael J. Sullivan </bold>Marshfield, MA...
• digijet timing vacuum w/digifant throttle body?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 22:19:06 -0700
  Hello List, Thanks for all your help on this hybrid i am working on. By virtue of keeping the digijet FI, we've kept...
• Re: Idea for A/C and camping
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 18:12:21 -0700
  ...87(parts) Stretch bus 82 A3 GTI Westfalia turning into a hybrid electric Stretch Several EVs (Electric Vehicles) Have owned way too many VWs...
• Re: Agilis Nokian Hybrid Tires
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:56:33 -0400
  M'o I have exactly the same setup as you propose but with 2 Continental (vanagon spec) tires on the front. The ride is...
• 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: 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...
• [I-4] Audi 2.0 Donor Motors
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 23:16:03 -0700
  ...system from such a Saab? I am also gathering together a hybrid 2.0 liter motor: - Audi 3A bottom end. Balanced and lightened. - '84...
• Re: timing belt inline 4
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Wed, 29 May 2002 21:18:44 -0700
  ...the fact that the engine is slanted at 53*? 3.How much is the timing belt for a 2.0l Golf/Audi hybrid? Any...
• Re: Prius question with vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:21:19 -0700
  ...On 6/13/2013 4:14 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote: > Maybe the information is in here: > > Hybrid Air Conditioning Systems Overview - OpenSIUC - Southern ... > opensiuc...
• Re: 1.8t motor confirm my suspicions
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 1 Jun 2017 10:12:29 -0700
  unsolicited, I will advise building an ABA hybrid and using that. Simple, cheap, dependable, adequate power... On Jun 1, 2017 9:27 AM, "Alistair...
• Re: SF mechanic?
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Sat, 16 May 1998 01:42:33 -0700
  ...I recommend them highly. -Otmar- 72(front),73(rear),76,78,82,87(parts) Stretch bus 82 Diesel westy turning into a hybrid electric...
• Re: Portable Air Conditioner aka hybrid electric vehicle continued
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 1 Jul 2005 08:01:22 -0700
  All the portable units I've seen have had a tube, kinda like a dryer vent hose, that you stick out the window (or...
• Re: Engine Conversion MPG - We don't need no stink'n TDI
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:34:53 -0400
  ...I'm a hybrid... Japanese father, German mother Akiba/Egelhoff So Japanese/German engine assembled in the US maybe? Jim Akiba On 7/18...
• Re: Any New Battery Technology
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:30:52 +0000
  ...There's also a hybrid model that burns lamp oil > when the zinc ingots give out. And for protection, these new vinegar- > powered rolling...
• 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...
• Shifter Rebuild Kit
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:16:11 -0700
  ...If the BD kit is a hybrid of these kits, it would seem to be a real deal. Here are the GW / VC kits...
• Re: vin info and request ... :)
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Thu, 3 May 2007 09:02:50 -0600
  ...A few years back, the Engineering Faculty here was given a preproduction Chrysler mini van to use in a student contest re hybrid design...
• Re: Hybrid Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:07:06 -0700
  Nicely put Greg! On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote: > Hi William, > > AFAIK it takes energy...
• engine woes and choices--need esperienced advice
  Historical mailing list - John Silverman
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 11:42:00 -0600
  ...I also am fearful of getting a hybrid that performs well 'til it breaks down in BFE w/ no mechanics around to work on...
• Re: Singles group
  Historical mailing list - Otmar
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:24:02 -0700
  ...http://www.evcl.com/vw 1 914 EV, 1 Insight Hybrid
• fryday electric car stuff .. ford and Left coast centric
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 3 Sep 2010 10:35:46 -0700
  ...Ford's electrification strategy also leverages the most fuel-efficient powertrains, the most technically competent hybrids and its global vehicle platforms to develop affordable...
• Re: VW camper van article
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 18 Sep 2015 16:37:20 +0000
  ...On 18-Sep-2015, at 12:40, Stuart MacMillan wrote: > Interesting, 496 bhp would be nice, but a hybrid would be a better idea...
• Re: Formalize hybrid name?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 21:35:19 PDT
  Japanese Wasserboxer >From: Sudhir Desai <desa4622@YAHOO.COM> > >what about Vanagon 2.2RS even if you don't have the >r-spec engine > >--- Andrew...
• Re: Worst thing you ever did to your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 00:42:49 -0700
  ...82/86 Stretch Vanagon Westfalia GTI. "Power of two" Soon to be TDI. > http://www.evcl.com/vw > 1 914 EV, 1 Insight Hybrid
• Re: Metric this, metric that
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:11:14 -0800
  ...vw, diesel v. > hybrid, yin v. yang, etc. > > How long will this thread last? > > Personally, I'm a Whitworth guy... > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > -----Original Message...
• Re: deisel schmeisel- I go electric (from digest) Not much van content.
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 26 May 2008 13:49:30 -0400
  ...I personally think a Vanagon would be an interesting platform for a a hybrid -- but not a very practical pure EV. Allan -- 1991 Vanagon...
• Re: This just HAS to be a new question...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 10:04:21 -0400
  ...It's cheaper, and would have just shy of the BTE of the hybrid. Jim Akiba --- Kyle Davis <davis_family_46168@YAHOO.COM> wrote...
• 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...