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On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 09:45, Aaron Clow wrote: > --- Hal Sullivan <tristessa@pon.net> wrote: > > 5/6/03 10:56:33 PM, Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org> > > wrote: > > >Basically this works out to > > >Californians driving closer/faster, and merging > > more efficiently. > > > > Boy Greg, I can sure tell you're not familiar with > > what passes for > > "merging" here in the north bay. Most of it seems > > to be > > I'll confess this is actually what I'm most worried > about driving a Type III automatic on Long Island > (well, not so much worried, but I've thought a lot > about it). Our parkways were built for cars travelling > at 30mph, and subsequently the onramps (if you can > call them that) are more like "dump-ins" where you > have to come to a complete stop before entering the > parkway lanes. Then the "merge" lane can be less than > 100 feet and it ends where the parkway goes under a > bridge. Lots of fun. > > Maybe I'll be taking the expressways instead, where > the entrance ramps are longer, but the 18-wheelers get > to play with you. :) > I am glad I live in the mid-west where you can still get along with a stock 36hp. (Just leave a little earlier for work.) OR, you can put a 1600cc 356 Porsche engine in a '60 Type 1 with a '66 T-1 tranny, and outrun the cops. T-3 content?? When is it going to quit raining so I can drive my '71. -- 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