Your right but I compare it to all my other vehicles... and it is superior
to any of those:
1990 Nissan Sentra
1988 F-150
1995 Eurovan camper

I grew up in Columbus Ohio so I know what cold icy winters are like. The
REAL test of course will be when I take it to the mtns soon. But I feel that
the temp of the heat coming out of the vents wont change... it may take
longer to heat up the van though.

Sean Garrett
1981 Westy (his)
1995 Eurovan Camper (hers)
sean.garrett@asu.edu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Baker [mailto:abusguy2@SPRINGMAIL.COM]
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 9:51 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: HEAT glorious heat!!!
>
>
> When Sean says "great heat" is this the Arizona definition of
> good heat?  I imagine the heat coming from an engine in
> Arizona (what are average winter low temps there?) would seem
> like much more than the same amount of heat coming through
> in, say, a Michigan February cold night.  I have also had a
> bunch of air-cooleds, and the heat is more than enough as
> long as temps don't fall below 35 degrees Fahrenheit or so.
> But, here where we regularly see NEGATIVE temps in winter, I
> still freeze my air-cooled b*lls off!!
> Peace, John Baker
>
>
> On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 11:41:24 EST Rico Sapolich
> <JKrevnov@AOL.COM> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/15/02 11:20:44 AM, SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU writes:
>
> << My 1981 also has the best heat I have ever had in a vehicle. It is
> delivered
>
> to the front floor vents HOT and faster than any water-cooled
> vehicle I have
>
> ever owned. >>
>
> OK, what's the real story on these air-cooled Vanagons?  Do
> they REALLY heat
> or not?  My only point of reference comes from the hours of
> misery I spent
> wiping the inside of the windshield in my girlfriend's Beetle
> many winters
> ago.  If we had waited for the defrosters to clear the
> windows after we
> stopped for some fun and games, we would still be sitting
> there shivering and
> smoking our cigarettes.
>
> Rich
>