[T3] Invasion 2012

[Keith Park]

Oh that makes me feel good Brian! ;-)
Yea, I remember fire-hoses of water blowing out the sides of the wheels on
that car when you went thru that, those Kelley's are great at pumping water
When they are yongue.

Keith


Top Notch Restorations
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71 Squareback "Hothe"
65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
87 golf "Winterat"
93 RX7 "Redstur"

-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Brian Fye
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 11:38 AM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Invasion 2012

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
> ===================
>
> -----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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