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Subject:Re: Vanagon Drag Coefficient?
From:Jim Felder
Date:Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:57:41 -0600

Even vanagons? I've never taken my 90 above the greenline. The diesel,
well it's at full throttle all the time but nobody can tell.

Jim

On Mar 24, 2004, at 6:59 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Ian Butler wrote:
>
>> Never driven a Beetle, but I know my old '77 Rabbit would happily
>> cruise
>> at top speed.  T'was nice not having to seriously worry about breaking
>> anything, doing that...
>
> Supposedly all VWs are designed to cruise continuously at full throttle
> without damage -- at least when new.
>
>
> David Brodbeck, N8SRE
> '82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
> '86 Volvo 240DL wagon
>