[T3] Questions on Other Cars....

Mike Fisher fisherfarms at gmail.com
Fri Feb 15 17:32:55 PST 2019


I wasn't into revving the gas/slipping the clutch/shifting to 2nd after
only going 20 feet so I sold the '67 4 speed square and bought a '69 FI/AT
square!

On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 5:25 PM Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> Why dont more of us in the US drive standard tranny's?
> Dave makes good points.  Ill stick with the Sqauare, but keep it out of
> washington DC traffic nowadays.
>
> Keith
>
>
> Topnotch Restorations
> topnotch at nycap.rr.com
> http://www.topnotchresto.com
> 71 Squareback  "Hothe"
> 65 Notchback  "El Baja Rojo"
> 93 RX7  "Redstur"
> 95 Chrysler Cirrus Lxi "Cirfogsalot"
> "hanging out at the tail end of the bell
> curve, and loving every minute of it!"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:
> type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
> On Behalf Of Dave Hall
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 7:10 AM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Questions on Other Cars....
>
> You can't ignore the safety improvements that have taken place, with
> crumple
> zones to absorb impacts, though I agree with the comments on added
> complication of radio operation.
>
> The sloping fronts are a feature of fuel-saving aerodynamic design, as well
> as less dangerous to pedestrians if they are hit.
> Air-con, fitted almost universally these days, reduces the need for
> vent-wing windows.
>
> Non-glass lenses speak for themselves, and ride-heights are another
> consequence of reduction of drag
> .
>
> I don't know why the colours have to be drab - but that's gradually
> changing, too.  The Jetta we hired for the last invasion was a beautiful
> bright metallic Pacific blue and returned 40 mp(us)g on the highway on gas,
> about what our old '99 diesel Jetta wagon still gives on a motorway.  The
> modern TSi engines are good performers, and married to the DSG autobox in
> our Polo and Golf SV are serving us well as we move into old age!  Why
> don't
> more people have autotrans in the UK?
>
> So, I'm liking our new cars, but not giving up on the old ones yet.  My
> (project) '59 Beetle turned 60 yesterday.  After owning it most of its
> life,
> I hope I can last long enough to finish it and drive it again!
>
> So drive your 40-year old cars carefully and defensively, so you never need
> to rely on their less-modern safety features.
>
> Dave
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org <type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org> On
> Behalf Of J. Jonik
> Sent: 15 February 2019 04:19
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: [T3] Questions on Other Cars....
>
> What's with the New Cars?  (Question from an over-40 year Squareback
> owner.)
> - No easy radio turn dials so you don't have to take eyes off the road.- No
> wing vents, so you don't blow hats off those in back seat to get some
> air....or vent cig smoke.
> -  Many newer cars slope down in front, as if ready to dig into an
> embankment.- No "sacrifice" bumpers, easier and cheaper to replace/repair
> than the whole front or rear end.- No front bench seats. (Not that T-3s
> have
> them.)
> - No glass headlight lenses...which don't cloud up like the new
> designer-shaped plastic versions.- Many are so low to the ground that one
> couldn't get over a curb, steep driveway, or bump in a lawn.- No
> hubcaps...replaced by "spoked" stylish, , silvery, expensive wheel rims.-
> No
> colors to speak of.  Most cars are colorless gray, white, black, "silver",
> or dull reds, greens, etc.- No proper size spare tires to just change to if
> needed.- And....most cars are oversize, taking up parking space, hard to
> find parking, and impossible to push out of snowdrifts, etc.
> These are not "volks" (people-friendy, people-fixable) 'wagens".
>
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