On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Tim Demarest wrote:

> 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.

Driving a normally-aspirated diesel Vanagon (65 mph top speed) on the
Autobahn must have been a terrifying experience.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon