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Congrats Daniel. Was the chatter from the front or the rear brakes? Doug > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Baum [SMTP:daniel@type34.info] > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:40 AM > To: type3@vwtype3.org > Subject: [T3] Test drive!! > > Hi all, > > > I drove my car 35km this evening! It went _really_ well, the only > letdown is a nasty chatter in the brakes. It is not life threatening, I > think, but definitely needs seeing to asap. > > The most impressive thing was the way it cruised the motorway > effortlessly at 90kph (that's 65mph). It felt like I could have got more > out of it, but given the state of the brakes I thought it best not to. > > It feels a bit heavy going up steepish hills in third (i.e. top). If I > manually downshift to second the revs go way up but it felt happier. I > found that I had to let off the throttle a bit while upshifting back > into third otherwise it stayed in second until it reached what felt like > about 7000rpm but was probably only about 4000. The kickdown doesn't > work yet, so I manually downshifted. It never downshifted by itself. > > So, tomorrow I'm taking it for its test (!). It only has to get there > (65km) in its present state as the first stop is a garage who will look > at the brakes. Once the brakes have been seen to (and possibly > ball-joints etc.), it's off to the testing station, so wish me luck. > Having seen how it goes, I am not particularly concerned about getting > there, as it is flat motorway the entire way. > > This is probably the first time the engine has been properly heated up > since I got it. I'm pretty sure it didn't overheat (I could still touch > the engine even after we got home), but there was some smoke from crud > and oil burning off the exhaust. The stuff in the rear boot was warm, so > I won't be putting ice cream in there on the way home from the > supermarket! > > I should add for those of you who are not familiar with my life story > that I have been working on this car for the last three years, and this > is probably the first time it has seen a road for about seven years. > > Daniel Baum, > 1969 Type 34 Karmann Ghia automatic > www.type34.info > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org