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Re: [T3] Back from Portland, back on list


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



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