Hi,

I cruise all day @ 4K. (hmmm, poetry in my future? - not)

I have been told by normally reliable sources that the solid green area of
the tach is fully safe for cruising.  If you get into the fringed area for
brief periods (like drag racing a new Vette), you're OK, but to stay out of
there for any distance.

Anyway, I have no complaints about engine life and I tend to keep it near
that 4K ceiling whenever I'm on the road with no headwind.

What I don;'t understand about this 89 synchro deal is - If it was such a
great deal at $12K, why not bike the bullet, get the van home, and rebuild
or replace the engine at your leisure.  Is this buyers remorse setting in?

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: Defeat snatched from victory�s jaws

> > Now, perhaps I was pushing it a *bit* too hard - for sure, I wasn�t
> > babying it: drove it just like I do my van at home, topping out a little
> > above 4K RPM.
>
> As Simon and Garfunkle wrote:  "Slow down, ya move too fast, Ya gatta
> make the vanagon last......."     Cruising at 4,000+ rpms?????   I cruise
at
> about 3,100 rpms.  On my last trip (3,000 Kms) I passed ONE! car.
>
> >  At this point, I�d just > like to get my $12K back out of it, so I'd
have
> > to consider that a firm  bottom-end sales price
>
> Let me be sure that I understand this:  An 89 Syncro Westy with a working
> motor 'certified' good by a VW shop = $12,000 and now with a blown engine
> but "rebuildable core"  still = $12,000????   Please post to the list if
you get
> this price, I'll put it my file to show the insurance co.  malcolm s
>