I saw a Vanagon review from many years back

(R&T or someone else) quoting a 0-60 time for a waterboxerr vanagon at
17.3sec  That forced me to go out and try my van before I did any mods to
it.  A tired 150k plus engine and stock tranny, but having the Agilis
61's.  Guess what?  It ran exactly 1`7.3 average on 4 runs two each direction.

More useless info on the bandwith.

DM&FS

At 09:11 PM 10/13/2002 -0700, James wrote:
> > Is this a typo? You should be able to get to 69 in well under 30
> > seconds, even with an automatic. In fact, the autos will out-run the
> > Syncros.
>
>I'm wondering about this also.  I was recently discussing off list with
>another listee and he mentioned that in a recent thread (I couldn't find),
>people were reporting 0-60 times of 30+ seconds for 2.1L 2wd vans.  This
>seems really high, even if they were autos.
>
>My ultra-non-scientific run yielded about 19-20 sec in my van (90 Carat
>2.1L, 2wd, 4spd, 3/4 tank, 150lbs onboard, shifting at ~5k).  If my launches
>weren't so bloody horrible, I think I could easily get into the 18 sec
>range.  C&D clocked a Syncro Westy (!) at 8.3 sec!
>http://www.vanagon.com/syncros/technica/car-and-driver/index.html
>
>So why are some times so far off (WAY off)?
>
>Curious,
>
>James
>90 Carat
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> > Of Deanna Scoggin Torra
> > Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 12:44 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: 0-60 times
> >
> >
> > My 1990 Vanagon (automatic trans) gets to 60 in about one minute if the
> > road is level, but usually there is a grade, or wind, and it takes about
> > 3-4 minutes.
> >
> >
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