i have a 90 westy auto. and it is great on hills. shifting down to 2nd
gear works very very well.  2nd gear has a huge range and is very
useful.

auto, in my opinion, is the way to go on the newer vanagon westies;
don't know about earlier busses, etc.

dale g, who live in the hilly PNW
On Monday, February 17, 2003, at 10:33 AM, Mark Dorm wrote:

>> JJ, my man, I am not a Flatlander, so, I would NEVER run an auto van.
>
> Okay, but what if you have something more powerful for an engine like a
> suburu conversion or a tiico or what-have-you... how would an
> automatic be
> then... on hilly terrain? ? ?
>
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