Did you count hanging chads in Florida? :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Nadig" <motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: 130mph in a vanagon

> Take a very, very close look at the picture. Blow it up as large as
> necessary. It isn't the needle and pin that you need to look at, it is the
> shadows. Remember that the needle is raised above the surface of the
speedo
> face while the pin actually goes down to the surface.
>
> What you are seeing with the pin and needle is the base of the pin and the
> needle hitting the pin. The top of the pin itself is hidden by the needle.
> So look at the shadows. This is what you see: the shadow of the pin is
> clearly present. The shadow of the needle is to the right of the pin or
the
> shadow of the pin. That can only mean that it approached it from the high
> side. If the van were sitting at rest the needle would be on the left side
> of the pin, and the shadow of the needle would be to the left of the
shadow
> of the pin.
>
> Look closely and think about it. Really.
>
> Cheers,
> Bruce
> motorbruce
> motorbruce@hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
> >From: jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
> >Reply-To: jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Re: 130mph in a vanagon
> >Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 17:07:32 -0800
> >
> >At 08:48 AM 12/7/2004, you wrote:
> >>Why can't anyone entertain the idea that this might actually be possible
> >>with a high powered engine (which we know this van has) and a properly
> >>geared transmission?
> >
> >Hey, I'm not saying that his van can't go that fast; I'm just saying that
> >the picture he's offered as proof clearly shows a speedometer resting at
> >ZERO mph. The needle is simply on the wrong side of the stop pin. I also
> >find it hard to believe that anyone driving that fast would be dumb
enough
> >to try to snap a picture of his speedometer. Again, maybe he CAN push it
up
> >to those speeds, but that doesn't explain why he posted a picture of his
> >speedo at 0 mph and captioned it: "Ever see a Vanagon speedo go all the
way
> >around back to the peg? (I took out my odo reset button). We hit the peg
> >and it was still creeping up."
> >
> >John Bange
> >'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
>