On May 29, 6:27*am, HK wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Thu, 28 May 2009 19:58:14 -0400, D K
wrote:

Wow! *That 179 HP is just a bit more than half of the 350 HP in my SUV
and the torque is less than half.

What a (chick) machine!

You aren't going to try to tow with that, right?

I think the Navigator is rated at 5500. It has 330 cu in and 300 hp. I
have a one ton boat and no trailer brakes. The heft it has is more
than handy. We tried to pull it behind a Ranger and it didn't like to
stop.

I have a 94 horse Mercedes that is rated at 150 tons,
300 if you connect the brakes on the railcars. Whatever

Casady

Are we supposed to be impressed that Dickqueless Krueger has an SUV with
twice the horsepower of someone else's SUV? Wow...that sure does it for
me, but it doesn't change the indisputable fact that Krueger is snarky,
worthless piece of ****, and worthy only of being filtered out of usenet.

I successfully towed a boat the size and weight of Krueger's behind a V6
Ranger without problems. You don't need a 350 hp SUV to tow a 19-foot boat.- Hide quoted text -

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Man, for someone who tried to tell people he had a mechanical
engineering degree, you sure are stupid. Horsepower is far from the
only variable in the equation. Take a Ford 8N tractor. I believe 26hp.
If on solid ground, I'd pull your boat, AND your SUV around like they
were toys. Mechanical engineering courses my ASS.

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On Fri, 29 May 2009 07:37:51 -0400, Eisboch wrote:

Whoever said they can't do over 65 is full of it. The few times I've
taken it down to the Cape (not towing), I've had to back off at times
because the speed will slowly creep up to 80 without you noticing it.
Also, they only *look* top heavy. They are not.

Just curious, how are they with the wind blowing?


They are affected, but I've never felt that it was unsafe. The worst was
driving over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on a windy day. You just need to pay
a little more attention and drive for conditions.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 May 2009 07:37:51 -0400, Eisboch wrote:

Whoever said they can't do over 65 is full of it. The few times I've
taken it down to the Cape (not towing), I've had to back off at times
because the speed will slowly creep up to 80 without you noticing it.
Also, they only *look* top heavy. They are not.

Just curious, how are they with the wind blowing?


They are affected, but I've never felt that it was unsafe. The worst was
driving over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on a windy day. You just need to
pay a little more attention and drive for conditions.

Eisboch

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 May 2009 07:37:51 -0400, Eisboch wrote:

Whoever said they can't do over 65 is full of it. The few times I've
taken it down to the Cape (not towing), I've had to back off at times
because the speed will slowly creep up to 80 without you noticing it.
Also, they only *look* top heavy. They are not.

Just curious, how are they with the wind blowing?


They are affected, but I've never felt that it was unsafe. The worst
was driving over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on a windy day. You just
need to pay a little more attention and drive for conditions.

Eisboch

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy
days, you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off
the road.

Eisboch


That I remember.

Do you think the Sprinter will survive the aftermath of the Chrysler
meltdown/rebirth? It certainly has a following in the commercial world.

On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy
days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic


I am sure you can appreciate what the bus is like. At least the Bug had a
bit of aerodynamic design to it.

The Bus is like driving a big block of Styrofoam with an engine down the
road.

Eisboch

Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic



After my MGA died when I worked at the KC Star, I bought a new Bug.
Might have been a 65. $1350 including FM radio. Anyway, the assignment
editor had me running to small towns in Missouri for the sort of color
feature stories the paper liked in those days. Lots of two lane roads,
lots of trucks coming the other way. Many a time I thought the Bug was
going to go into low earth orbit.

I can report, however, that it was possible to get laid in the back seat
of a VW. In Columbia, Missouri, in the parking lot of a dorm at
Christian College.

On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"thunder" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 May 2009 07:37:51 -0400, Eisboch wrote:

Whoever said they can't do over 65 is full of it. The few times I've
taken it down to the Cape (not towing), I've had to back off at times
because the speed will slowly creep up to 80 without you noticing it.
Also, they only *look* top heavy. They are not.

Just curious, how are they with the wind blowing?


They are affected, but I've never felt that it was unsafe. The worst was
driving over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on a windy day. You just need to
pay a little more attention and drive for conditions.

Eisboch

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

I have a road trip story involving Ray Leatherman, a VW bus and a
highway in Nebraska.

I'll save it for another time. :)

On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:28:17 -0400, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic



After my MGA died when I worked at the KC Star, I bought a new Bug.
Might have been a 65. $1350 including FM radio. Anyway, the assignment
editor had me running to small towns in Missouri for the sort of color
feature stories the paper liked in those days. Lots of two lane roads,
lots of trucks coming the other way. Many a time I thought the Bug was
going to go into low earth orbit.

I can report, however, that it was possible to get laid in the back seat
of a VW. In Columbia, Missouri, in the parking lot of a dorm at
Christian College.

I'm sure that'll go over real good here.
I bought a passenger seat recliner hinge setup at Warshawsky so I
could sleep in mine when I traveled to Portland, OR.
Tall as I am and endowed as I am it would be impossible to do anything
useful in the back of a bug.

--Vic

HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly
windy days, you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go
off the road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic


After my MGA died when I worked at the KC Star, I bought a new Bug.
Might have been a 65. $1350 including FM radio. Anyway, the assignment
editor had me running to small towns in Missouri for the sort of color
feature stories the paper liked in those days. Lots of two lane roads,
lots of trucks coming the other way. Many a time I thought the Bug was
going to go into low earth orbit.

I can report, however, that it was possible to get laid in the back seat
of a VW. In Columbia, Missouri, in the parking lot of a dorm at
Christian College.

Where haven't you got laid? Does your landlady know what a slut you are?