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Subject:Re: AT v.s. Manual
From:Maureen Stretch
Date:Wed, 3 Dec 1997 14:11:01 -0500

Ok John,
so maybe not drag racing, and maybe not going uphill super fast (but a whole lot faster than my old bug of days gone by), and maybe not accelerating from a dead stop ultra fast, and maybe not leaping out when you floor it, well ......heck, doesn�t it count if  it just feels like a speed demon? :)

>Hey Eric and Maureen:
>Drag racing vanagons? You've gotta be nuts!  I'm sure my 86 syncro takes
>longer than 17 secs to 60 - it seems like it takes forever.
><<Acceleration>> is not really a good description of the sensation, it's
>more like <<changing position>>.
>John Franklin
>San Rafael, CA
>85 Spider, 86Syncro, 87 505Turbo
>

Maureen Stretch
Natick, Mass.
91 Vanagon GL Westy �Johann�