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On 30 Nov 2003 at 7:19, Greg Merritt wrote: > At 11:04 PM -0600 11/29/03, Jim Adney wrote: > > > >I drove 400 miles today to pick up a fender south of Chicago. The temp for the > > :( -- it's a shame that it's "worth" driving 400 miles for a > fender in the rust belt! Even then I wasn't sure it was worth it. The "cost" to me was $10 for the fender, $35 for gas and tolls, and 8 hours of my time. That's pretty expensive. I just hope I need it someday. Too bad he didn't have anything else to make the trip more worthwhile. > Even my rusty '71's stock system got the car toasty after a > while at 70 on the highway in, like, the twenties. I found myself > most wanting a gas heater when I had to make cross-town trips (never > over 35mph, and plenty of idling at red lights) at 10F or 0F... Yes, highway miles are the best. I could even tell a big difference between those miles spend into the wind and those with the wind. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org