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Subject:Re: 130mph V'gon
From:BenT Syncro
Date:Mon, 6 Dec 2004 15:43:40 -0800

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 14:32:24 -0800, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm not trying to support this guy, but you folks
> aren't reading or thinking real carefully.
>
> He does not say that the photo is of the speedo while
> driving 130; just that the speedo goes that high.  The
> thing I get a real yuck out of is that no one has
> figured out that our odometers DON'T SHOW TENTHS!!!
>
> Humph!
>
> Karl Wolz
>

I dunno about you Karl... both of my Doka's show tenths (of a Km.).
I've taken by Turbo Subie 2wd van to the peg. Pretty scary even with
17"X 8" and 17"X 9" wheels shod with 45 series which are Z speed
rated. I realize the approximately 115mph indicated in my low reading
speedometer is not much further than 130mph but I frankly have trouble
envisioning that in a Vanagon w/o serious aerodynamic aids.

BenT