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Subject:Re: Want to test drive some diesel vanagons - Seattle
From:Ben T
Date:Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:04:57 EDT

In a message dated 7/30/2003 3:19:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
tromper@COMCAST.NET writes:

> Sure Ben I got mine up to 70 with the 1.6.
> With Careful planning an open schedule and a clear road and a bit of
> a tailwind I managed to do 0-60 in less then 2 days a couple times.

Was it a North American spec 1.6na? I was referring to a 1990 European spec
1.6td. I was going faster than that on the flats on the way home just as it was
taken off the docks. The hills were as challenge. That's why it's getting a
1.9td or 1.9tdd swap.

BenT