[tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official figures

I'm impressed with the fuel mileage!!!
I mean, it's a freaking hot rod!.
You've got that thing dialed huh?
Whoa.

chuck wrote:
> I have a 79 scirocco with about 250,000 plus miles,It's been totaled
> twice and rebuilt.Every thing on the car has been rebuilt or
> replaced.It's 30 years old and everything needed to be rebuilt.It has
> been a great car and they are pretty rare.
>  It has a 2.0l engine ,turbo charged,stand alone fuel
> injection.Highway gears. it gets 33-36 mpg.I must say it is a great
> cruiser and it is air conditioned.Unlike by 65 panel van.
> oleblue
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil" <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:20 PM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official figures
>
>
> Mine were all gas...sad thing was, those three weeks or so they ran,
> they were GREAT...kinda like a Fiat X19 I owned for a short while. 
> Run like a bat outta hell WHEN it ran....Damned electrical issues once
> again...
>
> --- On Fri, 8/21/09, Will <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Will <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official figures
>> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 3:00 PM
>> The diesels were
>> great!
>>
>>
>> -- Sent from my
>> Palm Pre
>> Neil wrote:
>>
>> No, just a lot of crappy cars.   I've owned 4 or 5 over
>> the years.  Then I quit drinkin', sobered up and have
>> never owned a Rabbit since.
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Fri, 8/21/09, sammie smith
>> <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > From: sammie smith
>> <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official
>> figures
>>
>> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 2:02 PM
>>
>> > Is
>>
>> > that called a "hutch" or a
>> "gaggle?"
>>
>> >
>>
>> > --- On Fri, 8/21/09, Will
>>
>> > <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > From: Will <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official
>> figures
>>
>> > To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
>>
>> > <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> > Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 11:49 AM
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > I don't
>>
>> > know about that. I recall having 5 Rabbits in the 90s.
>>
>> > One or two at a time that ran and the others for
>>
>> > parts.
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > So does 5 make a collection?
>>
>> >
>>
>> > :-)
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > -- Sent from my Palm Pre
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > sammie smith wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Well how many old Hondas and Toyotas do
>>
>> > you see? Those 70s 80s "economy" cars will
>>
>> > probably never be collectible and will never have the
>> status
>>
>> > of the aircooled VW.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > --- On Fri, 8/21/09, w.wood
>>
>> > <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > From: w.wood <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official
>> figures
>>
>> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 10:45 AM
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Wow, my Eurovans did better than
>>
>> > that. I can honestly say I've never owned a
>>
>> > Vanagon. I would like a Doka Synchro but that's
>>
>> > about as far as I'd go with it. Regrettably
>>
>> > we'll lose and continue to lose more Vanagons and
>> Bays
>>
>> > and Splits because of neglect and nuisance laws more
>> than
>>
>> > the CARS program promotes.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > What's strange is...
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Do you ever see any Dashers? Sciroccos? Rabbits
>>
>> > (except cabriolets)?
>>
>> >
>>
>> > It seems like a lot of the A1 and A2 series just
>>
>> > disappeared. Maybe it was that Pennsylvanian Sheet
>>
>> > Metal? I have to believe that a Rabbit may be more
>>
>> > rare than a split bus.
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:40 AM,
>>
>> > a riggs <redvan71@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Will is
>>
>> > right. More folks need to check their facts before
>>
>> > saying something...
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Per the feds "official" mileage figures,
>> it's
>>
>> > 15 mpg for a '91 Vanagon with auto and 2WD. 4
>> speed
>>
>> > manual is 17 mpg. It was 15/16 in '84 - the oldest
>> year
>>
>> > eligible - and was as low as 14/15 in 1986. Synchros
>> in
>>
>> > '86 also got 14. Best I've ever done was 16
>> or
>>
>> > so but I'm no hypermiler.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Read 'em weep:
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>> http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/CarsResult1.jsp?column=1&id=8422
>>
>> >
>>
>> > I hope we don't lose any Vanagons to this program,
>> but
>>
>> > feel sure we will.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > (Personally, I think Denis is just jealous that HE
>>
>> > didn't get a letter for Murray...
>>
>> > But as penance for my political misstep I will be
>> hosting
>>
>> > the "cum-by-ya"
>>
>> >  sing-a-long at T@P6. If Denis will co-host with
>>
>> > me...)
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Allan
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > ----- Original Message ----
>>
>> > From: Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:46:10 PM
>>
>> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury...
>>
>> >
>>
>> > It don't matter what it gets it matters what the
>> est
>>
>> > mpg when it was new..
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Edward Maikranz wrote:
>>
>> > > Mine sure doesnt.
>>
>> > > 87 with a 2.1 gets 17-19
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 5:19 PM, sammie smith
>>
>> > > <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > <mailto:bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>>
>> > > wrote:
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > Everyone is talking about the Vanagon
>>
>> > qualifying for the CARS
>>
>> > > program. How? You have to
>>
>> > have less than 18mpg combined mileage
>>
>> > > via EPA estimates. Do those things
>>
>> > not get 18mpg?
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > --- On *Thu, 8/20/09, a riggs
>> /<redvan71@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > > <mailto:redvan71@xxxxxxxxx>>/*
>>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > From: a riggs <redvan71@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > <mailto:redvan71@xxxxxxxxx>>
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult
>>
>> > to injury...
>>
>> > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> > > Date: Thursday, August 20,
>>
>> > 2009, 2:45 PM
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > Gee, I thought Mr. Obama
>>
>> > was my friend and since he knows
>>
>> > > what's best for me I
>>
>> > guess I'll turn my Vanagon in. They told
>>
>> > > me it would to a happy
>>
>> > place. And this way your tax dollars
>>
>> > > can help me buy a new
>>
>> > green
>>
>> >  pablum car and keep it full of gas
>>
>> > > and...
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > Thank you Obama.
>>
>> > Thank you Lady Bird. Thank you FDR...
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > LIKE HELL!
>>
>> > They'll pry it from my cold dead hands!
>>
>> > (Unless
>>
>> > > someone gives me some good
>>
>> > ol' cash for it ;-) )
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> >
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> > > *From:* w.wood
>> <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > >
>> <mailto:evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>>
>>
>> > > *To:*
>>
>> >  tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> > > *Sent:* Thursday, August
>>
>> > 20, 2009 10:08:03 AM
>>
>> > > *Subject:* [tcb] Re:
>>
>> > Insult to injury...
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > I blame Lady Bird
>>
>> > Johnson...
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > She made getting rid of
>>
>> > old cars popular with "Keep America
>>
>> > > Beautiful." You
>>
>> > remember with the fake indian? Iron Eyes
>>
>> > > Cody who was Italian.
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > Just like a government run
>>
>> > program, full of mis-information
>>
>> > > and lies.
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19732051/
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>> http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/ironeyes.asp
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at
>>
>> > 10:20 AM, Edward Aragon
>>
>> > > <edwarda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > >
>> <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=edwarda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>>
>> > > wrote:
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > I saw a
>>
>> > early model Eurovan MV on the clunker lot at
>>
>> > >
>>
>> >  Premier Mazda wish I
>>
>> > > had a chance
>>
>> > to get it. RIP our good friend....
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > --Edward Aragon
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>>
>> > > From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > >
>> <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> > >
>> [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > >
>> <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]On
>>
>>
>> > > Behalf Of a
>>
>> > riggs
>>
>> > > Sent:
>>
>> > Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:36 AM
>>
>> > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > >
>> <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> > > Subject:
>>
>> > [tcb] Insult to injury...
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> >  Got a letter from a car dealer
>>
>> > yesterday...
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > "Congratulations! Your 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon
>>
>> > qualifies
>>
>> > > for the Cash
>>
>> > for
>>
>> > > Clunkers
>>
>> > program..."
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > I wonder how
>>
>> > many will be lost to this program...
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > Allan
>>
>> > > '71
>>
>> > panel - FOR SALE
>>
>> > > '91
>>
>> > Vanagon Carat - FOR SALE
>>
>> > > '71 Ghia
>>
>> > coupe
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