Jim and all...I just enjoy the on-topic posts and don't rely on fantasy,
just actual results, ON THE LIST.  If there is a list member with an
air-powered Vanagon or other on-road, practically funtioning street-legal
vehicle, that is great...but imaginary cr@p should be Fryday only.

Sucking it up(air powered pun) in San Antonio.

Anybody wanna buy a chicken-powered van with an AUTHENTIC Rooster horn?
One-of-a-kind!

On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Think ahead, Michael, and chill.
>
> Your vanagon and mine might very well be running on alternative
> propulsion ten years from now. What's any different in this than a
> post contemplating the change from a gas engine to a clean diesel
> engine that was not imaginable in 1984?
>
> What rules have been ignored? What flaming do you wish for?
>
> Suck it up yourself. I myself am interested in keeping ahead of the
> curve, and I drive a vanagon. I intend to be driving a vanagon for a
> long time.
>
> Best,
>
> Jim
>
> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I have alot of thoughts that are aching to be asked, but if not re: my
> > Vanagon, I hold it in(on this list, anyway).  Where is the restraint that
> is
> > so often asked for? Where is the flaming that is so often portrayed when
> > rules are ignored?
> >
> > Does anyone have or looking to buy an air-powered Vanagon that is in pre-
> or
> > post-production. If not, then suck it up till Fryday.
> >
> > I usually get an idea on Tuesday and forget it or think it over by Fryday
> > and never speak of it, but it seems that there are carte-blanche accounts
> > that I need to get a VIP invitation to.
> >
> > Thought about not sending this but I guess I need to be reminded of the
> > purpose of this list.
> >
> > Did not snip for your enjoymnet of the ongoing thread that is DEFINITELY
> > nvc.
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> One slight correction on this andrew. If you read the tech articles
> >> carefully, they are using compressed air, and as the pressure runs
> >> lower they are using fuel to run a heater to raise the temperature of
> >> the air to raise its compression. The performance is said to remain
> >> constant until some point.
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>  >
> >> > Another disadvantage is this... as the pressure drops the car will
> >> > lose steam gradually as soon as it is used, so to speak. Unlike an
> >> > electric, which will run flat-out until the battery is almost
> >> > exhausted.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Andrew Grebneff
> >> > Dunedin, New Zealand
> >> > Fossil preparator
> >> > Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut
> >> > Temporarily in Calgary, AB, Canada
> >> > <goose1047@gmail.com>
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Michael in San Antonio
> > 91GL AT 'Gringo'
> >
>

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Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'