Hmmm.... now I'll just cross-reference the people getting their Vanagons up
over a hundred MPH with those who have complained that the stock brakes are
woefully inadequate...  Thought so!!!

At 09:15 AM 11/22/2005 -0500, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>In a message dated 11/22/05 12:13:57 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>xtabe@YAHOO.COM writes:
>
>
> > >Subject: Speed
> > >
> > >Westfalia ---85    1.9 stock waterboxer
> > >
> > >195 MPH top speed.  I live in Bellingham and can make it to Seattle (90
> > >miles away)  in about  one-half hour, if the traffic is light.  >Glad you
> > asked----as a Westfalia owner, speed has always been a top >priority in my
> > life.
> >
>
>i have made it up to 105 mph in my stock 1.9 wbx...    no joke.. this is, of
>course with 15" wheels, and was going down a long hill on a interstate, but
>thats what the speedometer read..
>
>
>chris