oh some westy's are fast all right.
I don't know why it's so strong running, but I have to concentrate to keep
my 83 Westy with 2.1 engine running on Digijet fuel system from going 75.
( for sale btw )

What I find obnoxious about trying to stay in the right lane and mind my own
business is that people are too stupid to go around.
They'll just lock on and stay back there, and usually to close.
I have to move one lane left, then they 'wake up' and go on by on my right,
then I move back to the right lane.
I notice that a lane change is an extemely diffiucult manuever for many
people.

Cars going off and on the freeway make the right lane bothersome too.
Better to have a vechicle that can hold it's own , at least mostly, with
traffic.
Surely there is not one other 48 hp van or car from the 80's besides the 1.6
NA diesel vanagon, or diesel rabbits.

But we are having vanagon fun all right !

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:57 PM
Subject: Re: vanagon, 83 watercooled diesel

> My new daily driver is a 1.6L NA Doka (thanks, Jeff).  I drive it
> mostly in town, but that involves jaunts up and down the local
> freeways.  Top speed is 100kph (62mph).  It doesn't zoom, but I only
> rarely feel that I'm holding up traffic.  I stay to the right most of
> the time.  I get about 30mpg in town; 27 on the road, where I zing ;-)
> along at the above-mentioned 62mph.
>
> When hauling a ton and a half of gravel, the engine isn't the limiting
> factor on speed (cajones too small, I guess).
>
> If you don't mind staying in the slow lane, a diesel Westy might be
> right for you.  None of the Westies are fast, but the diesel adds a
> whole new dimension to slow.
>
> My view, and I'm sticking to it!
>
> Karl Wolz