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This was demonstrated to my by a little 69 auto square from Wisconsin :) If I used the cruise, or didnt plan ahead... even with my standard I couldnt avoid an embarrasing situation! > > One thing to remember drive a stock T-3 automatic on hills. Momentum is > everything. If you know you have a long hill coming up, speed up before > you get there. I drive one everyday on my way to work, that is about 4% > grade and about a mile long with a third lane for slow vehicles. I never > use the slow lane, in fact I pass a lot of people on the hill, at 75mph. > I hit the bottom as close to 80moh as I can. > Bliss yes... but John keeps having to tear his engine down... I havent touched the lower end in 88K and only done one valve job in that time... these engines are probably more durable than I give them credit, when built properly, but I need a warm and fuzzy when thousands of miles from home. Keith > And then again, sometimes without gauges, "Ignorance is bliss". Riding > out to Parma with Keith last summer, and he couldn't figure why John J. > could pass him so easy in the mountains. John wasn't watching the oil > temperatures and backing off the throttle when they rose a little. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '66 FB MT > '71 FB AT > '65 Bug (not running) > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >