My wife could show you how.  Trying to teach her to drive my '84 GL,
1.9,
4-speed, a couple of years ago, she revved the engine, dumped the
clutch and
left two black marks for about 5 feet.  Of course she was totally
surprised,
so she stomped the brake and totally forgot about the clutch and
killed it.

Makes me wonder if that was the cause of 1st/2nd gear going out about
a year
later.  :-)

GregM

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
Roger Van Till
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:50 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Global Warming My Vanagon?

On Mar 14, 2007, at 4:28 PM, Tom Buese wrote:

> Has anyone calculated the carbon footprint of our beloved vanagons
&
> compared it to a newer more energy efficient vehicle?

I've revved mine up and tried to leave a "carbon footprint" on the
street,
but it just doesn't have enough power.
I've seen those newer more energy efficient vehicles do it though.

Roger Van Till
'89 Westy "The Moose Lounge"
'86 GL "Sugaree"
'81 L "CoJack"
www.busesbythebeach.com

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