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Hey man, just go for broke. Drive as far as you can and keep a tow strap handy. I used the superbeetle towbar conversion method and when the mounts failed I used a tow strap. I know this sound hoeky but my wife and i towed my fasty about 170 or so miles this way through the rain. That part sucked. I had no battery power left after leaving the hazzards on and so I could not use my wipers. Taht part really really sucked. Anyway dude go for it. I am sure you will have a good story also. If you ever wanted to know I will tell you how I got my t3 home from about 350 miles frmo home. Laters -------- erick the daddy --- Keith Park <TopNotchResto@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > I drove my square home from Buffalo, 250 miles after > #3 burned a hole > through the piston. Just left it in 3rd and drove > between 50 and 55. Made > it no problem but I had to pull that injector plug > so as to isolate that > cylinder. > > keith > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: jesse and monica <jjmojo@blazenet.net> > To: <type3@vwtype3.org> > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 9:52 PM > Subject: [T3] Should i take it on the trip? > > > > Hey all, > > I may be buying a 71 squareback from Justin a > fellow type3.org listee. > > He lived in Maine, i live in southern > pennsylvania. It's about 550 to > > 600 miles each way. I want to try to drive the car > home but....but here > > is the catch. The car has 2 head studs pulling > from the case. The studs > > are not on the same cylinder. Would i be an idiot > to try to drive the > > car this far in this condition? I really don't > want to have to pay to > > have the car shipped. My wife would probably be > driving a rental car > > along with me so if the car broke down we could > pull it off of the road. > > What you you old schoolers out there think? Leon, > you always seem to > > know how far these engines will go. I just want to > know if i should be > > even considering this. thanks for all of your help > everyone. > > later, > > jesse > > 71 fi squareback > > the only loser on the list on labor day! > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Too much? Digest! > mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com