Yeah! I had a black 2002 diesel beetle for a commuter car when I was working from San Diego to north LA regularly and was getting 50mpg even running it constantly at 80+ mph. I wish I would have kept it and converted it to bio diesel and then brought in a 250 gallon storage tank and made the rounds to McDonalds to load up on free fuel.
I wish someone would figure out a way to make an ACVW engine into a bio diesel engine! Brien -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of No Quarter Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 6:31 AM To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List Subject: [vintagvw] 1998-2008 VW Bug It seems like only yesterday that I can remember the "new" VW Beetle was to be released by Volkswagen and the Concept 1 cars were to be seen in the magazines and in Matchbox form. I remember back in 1996 when it was 2 years off yet. Now here we are in 2008 and the new beetle is 10 years old. I can't hardly believe it. I remember posting on the list and saying I wonder how long until someone wrecks one so I can get ahold of it and fix it up. LOL! There is a lady here in town who flew to L.A. to pick up hers and drive it back here. 10 years later, she still has it and is driving it all around. That's just a little less than what I've owned and driven Li'l Red for. And the little bugger is still running pretty good. Gotta get new brakes put on and rebuild the carb. Finally going to make the conversion over to disc brakes so we'll see how that goes. Does anyone know where I can get replacement jets for the 34-PICT-3? After 34 years, I think it's high time I replace mine. Erin _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
