<VV> Diesel sort of - humor

[J R Read_HML]

Backing up at 80 MPH!!!  And only in bad weather to boot.  Wow, Lonzo... you 
are SOME driver.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LonzoVair at aol.com>
To: <JVHRoberts at aol.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 4:37 PM
Subject: <VV> VW Diesel defense, sort of


> Hey guys,
> My 91 Jetta is a diesel... one of 935 ECOdiesels made that year. She's got
> 283K miles on her, and still going strong. I use it as a "back-up car" 
> when I
> need to go somewhere in bad weather or if the 64 sedan needs to sit for a
> while,  such as now as I wait for some leaf spring bolt parts.
> The ECOdiesel has a turbo, but it doesn't have the turbo injector pump, 
> and
> at one time it had a convertor of some sorts. It will cruise at 80 and 
> I've
> been  able to squeeze 50 MPG out of it this summer (but NOT by going 
> 80)... I
> think I  average about 42 mpg in the summer and 37 in the winter. I've 
> never
> timed a 0-60  start, but it will get up and scoot when needed...
> The non-turbo diesels were always slugs, though....
> :-)
> Later,
> Lonzo
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 12/20/2008 5:29:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> JVHRoberts at aol.com writes:
>
>
> Yeah, that was a pretty pathetic diesel. The new VW diesels are  lighter 
> and
> a BUNCH more powerful. Alas, only 4 bangers...
>
> In  a message dated 12/20/2008 2:32:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> corvair at fnader.com writes:
>
> Actually  I had one of the last  German built diesel Rabbits which had a
> little  "tinkering" done to  it... it was nearly as quick as a gas Rabbit
> (though  it did put out  a nice cloud of black smoke under full throttle),
> got 55mpg  at  55mph, had awesome handling, and would cruise 85-90 all day
> long.  One  of the best cars I ever owned.
>
> My parents liked it so much  they bought  one of the first American made
> Rabbit Diesels... it was  everything you  describe... excruciatingly slow,
> poor handling, and  barely got 30mpg. One  of the worst cars I've ever
> driven. We ended  up converting it to gas...  and it was still nasty.
>
> The new TDI's  are very "undiesel-like"... I  wouldn't mind one at all...
> would make  an interesting Corvair  transplant...
>
> Still prefer a Corvair   though!
>
> Bill
>
>
> George Jones wrote:
>
>>Always made  me  wonder why they didn't change the name to Turtle when the
> put
>>the  diesel in it.
>>
>>On the other hand, the new  diesels are  considerably faster than the old
>>ones. Then name  could be  justified.
>>
>>George   Jones
>>--------------------------------
>>Performance Corvair   Group
>>Tidewater Corvair Club (since 1987)
>>Central Virginia   Corvair Club (since 2006)
>>Corvair Society of America  (CORSA)(since  1987)
>>'65 Monza Crown V8 Convertible
>>'66  Monza Coupe  Custom
>>
>>
>>On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:36  AM,  <Richard.Gaffney at gulfstream.com> 
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>The Rabbit diesel  couldn't even move the Rabbit, let alone  a heavier
> car!
>>>There was a switch in the throttle to turn off  AC at  full throttle so 
>>>the
>>>car would actually move away from a stop   light. Accel time for 0-60 was
>>>measured by a   sundial.............
>>>
>>>Rick  Gaffney
>>>Corsa   140/4
>>>
>
>
>
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