[T3] Invasion 2012

[Brian Fye]

I remember driving El Baja Rojo through standing water with construction
and thinking, "I'm going to wreck Keith's car!".

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 3:14 AM, Dave Hall <dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote:

> From experience, it seems to be a pretty steady 70 - 75 except if there's a
> big storm coming, and it's dark and there's a slalom of oil barrels to
> contend with at road works, then it's more like 85-90mph!   That's kind of
> scarey and hard to forget.  Got through it unscathed though, and the storm
> missed us, luckily.
>
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Keith
> Park
> Sent: 20 January 2012 02:35
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Invasion 2012
>
> When I went on my first Invasion trip, at 82Kmi I thought the engine was
> getting pretty old, so I took it easy...  well now, 10 years later at 125K,
> I think the engine is getting pretty old, so Ill take it easy, even though
> I
> DID change the heads the blowby is starting to show up on the temp gauge
> when I start to push it at the higher speeds.
>
>
> The cruise has a nasty tendency of crapping out on the cross country trips,
> but working fine the other 2 years in between.  It keeps me pretty steady
> but I pay going up hills when I haven't gained that couple MPH going down
> them first.
>
> The actual number is about 1MPG.
>
> Keith
>
> Only as fast as the slowest caravan is comfortable driving....
>
> ...unless it is Keith and he has the cruise control on.  <G>
>
>
>
>
> We cruise pretty easily at 70-75 mph.  Has never been much of a problem on
> the interstates.
>
> Later,
> John Jaranson
> www.carartbyjohn.com
>
>
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Brian Fye
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