On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, dave bowers wrote:

> I have a 3 brand new pistons & sleeves that were given to me after the PO
> threw a piston when driving down the Alcan (he left his 88 gl in 2nd gear,
> driving at 70 on gravel roads. He claimed he couldn't hear the high rpms.
> He is 6'7", so maybe he didn't look down to see them 6000 rpm either!)

This brings up a question I've been loathe to test for myself: do Vanagons
have rev limiters?  Or was this guy just letting it coast down a mountain
and letting gravity take it well over redline?

ian Butler / ian@bluemoon.hplx.net
'88 Scirocco 16v, '87 Syncro GL