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Subject:Re: Vanagon Drag Coefficient?
From:Joseph Fortino
Date:Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:42:22 -0800

does anyone know the age of the autobahn? i bet the old bug and busses would get
slammed on it? just wondering.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Sent: Mar 24, 2004 1:15 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Vanagon Drag Coefficient?

At 02:29 PM 3/24/2004 -0600, Stan Wilder wrote:
>If you go back and relate the year of manufacture of your VW Bus, Van,
>Vanagon you'll see they were all designed to run in 55 to 65 mph speed
>limits.

No, that's the speed limits your Fords and Chevy's were designed for...
There were lots of stretches of the Autobahn without speed limits. This is
why I've long preferred to drive German cars.