At 18:23 12/3/97 -0800, David Marshall (Vanagon Mailing List) wrote:
>At 03:43 12/3/97 -0600, Eric Small wrote:
>>>> i'd pick an auto over a manual Vanagon anyday... the hassles are
less.....
>>>> if i want to go 100mph, I'll drive my other car...   ;<P*
>>>Hey!  What's this about a Vanagon auto being slow?  My Westy auto will
>>>do 80+ (85?) without a tail wind or a truck!  You think a stick goes
>>>faster?
>>
>>Here,here! I was thinking the same thing... What is this myth about autos
>being
>>slower than sticks. I've driven both and would venture a 1/4 mile drag
>between
>>anybody's stock stick van against my '86 GL auto. ...mine will 0-60 (at
>Dallas,
>>TX altitude and around 60F) in a fraction of a tick over 17sec.. Anybody
else
>>checked this on their van? As far as top end I know I can run mine right
into
>>red line if I dont take my foot out. At 5200RPMs Im moving at about 93MPH.
>>
>>Of course I cant be sure of exactly how fast I was going as at that speed
>in a
>>Vanagon I am too busy just then to look down at the speedo... yee-ha!  =8-0
>>
>>These are not blistering fast numbers but even classic sports cars are not
>>necessarily muscle cars. Just fun to drive!
>>
>>Dont Beat on yur van :)
>>Eric Small
>>Dallas, TX
>
>Wow... 90MPH in a Vanagon... Wow...  My Syncro can do 0 to 100km/h in...
>well... it can do 0 to 100 let's put it that way! :)  Top speed is about
>130km/h and that's after Scottie yells out "She can't hold out much longer
>captain".  .86 for 4th gear and 5.26 for a final drive...  In bull low
>(6.08) I can haul down trees though!
>
>I'll have to see what 0 to 100km/h is tonight.  The 225/60 16 tires may not
>help though!

OK  The results are in!  Last night I did three 0 to 100km/h runs when the
truck was all warmed up.  Out side temp was -5C so this may affect things
some what.  Other things that might affect this is 540W of highbeams and a
lack of a tachometer...

Run 1: 30 sec
Run 2: 27 sec
Run 3: 33 sec

Pretty impressive eh!

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