Hi Bill,
As a matter of fact I did try the Arizona desert, better yet we went down to
the UFO place in New Mexico, Roswell, and back.  And it was scary because
every mile on the freeway  you could see those big black spots on the edge
where a car has burnt.  And VWs are burners.
But using Mobil 1 and an additive for better friction.  My oil temp gauge
was at 300, the air temp in the shade was 120 and we drove all day 70 mph in
the heat.  That is when you really miss the aircon.  I also use a South
African super filter that filters out ten times smaller particles than
ordinary ones.  All in all it was totally uneventful driving.  We even did
Death Valley.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Davidson" <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: Going air cooled on my water cooled?

> > I use exclusively air  cooled engines for the sole purpose of having
> minimum
> > maintenance and maximum reliability.
> > You can not leave town with a water cooled one as safely as with an air
> > cooled one.  I traveled this summer to the end of the World, up to the
> > Arctic Ocean, and back on an eight thousand mile trip and not once I had
> to
> > think of boiling water.
>
> Going to the Arctic with an air cooled is one thing...
> Try the Arizona desert in the summer :)
>
> Bill