There's the climb and then there's the 'what if'... in the event that the
climb was hard... you want a hill you can recover on... a safe and easy pull
over.

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote:

> Air-cooled Vanagon...  steep climb...  best bet is on a flat bed tow truck
> ;-)
>
> Happy Frydaye,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Mark L. Hineline
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 1:55 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Climbing
>
> If you must climb 1000 feet in an aircooled Vanagon, is it better for
> the life of the engine to take the long and gradual route? Or to
> downshift and climb over on the short but steep route?
>
> Mark
> 1982 Westy
>