The green is supposed to mark the most "efficient" rpm range, according to the
manual...as i recall, anyway.  Higher rpm does mean more wear, but my
interpretation is that anything within the green range is fine.
By pushing the limits of the green range you are not pudshing the limits of the
motor.
steve

Alan Bosch wrote:

> Ron wrote:
> "I don't think I'd want to go much faster than the 75 mph range that my
> Westy offer..."
>
> In the recent past, I have seen volks post speed numbers similar to the
> above.  Not saying that any of these figures are unrealistic, but aren't
> you affraid of your engine digesting it self at these speeds?  Keeping one
> eye on the speedo and the other on the tach, I start to get nervous at
> 65mph, as the tach approaches the limit of the solid green range, moving
> toward the broken green range.  It seems, at least in my bus, that sixty is
> a nice, comfortable cruise speed - not taxing the engine, but perhaps
> slowing up traffic a bit.
>
> Alan Bosch
> '88 Wolfsburg