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ArlyA
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A phenomena I've see in auto's of the past, that were short lived.
Incredibly good fuel mileage.
Never broke down.
Broke Mach 1 top end.
Cost next to nothing to buy.
Better than anything built today.
Dropped here by aliens but snatched back before they could be copied..
Incredibly good fuel mileage.
Never broke down.
Broke Mach 1 top end.
Cost next to nothing to buy.
Better than anything built today.
Dropped here by aliens but snatched back before they could be copied..
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panamaguy
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Its too bad you can not get the Ford ranger we get in Panama. Either a 4 cyl diesel or the 3.2 five cylinder diesel. No gas pot even offered. Friends with the 5 cyl are get right around 30 mpg. And a 5 cyl engine is easy to balance to they run super smooth.
Tony H
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Little one. Back in the early 80's. I designed and sold Controllers to a company that put electric motors in them.
barts
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We owned a 81 VW diesel. It got great mileage - 50 mpg - was amazingly slow (47 hp), and worked quite well if you didn't overheat the engine, since the aluminum cylinder head would promptly warp. We added a Calloway Turbo kit to ours, which helped w/ the slow part a bit.... but 'trucklet' died when a drugged out idiot ran a red light and I t-boned the idiot in 87 or so. Fueling up once on a 900 mile trip was pretty cool. In really cold weather it would start to knock w/o the cold start knob being pulled out (which adjusted timing iirc) since the heater would pull too much heat out of the engine below 55 or so.
Whidbey
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Sorry to tell you this but it is the short term memory that goes first!
Volkswagen Looks Ready To Bring Amarok Pickup To The US
It's been a long time since Volkswagen offered a pickup in the United States. The Rabbit-based pickup ended production back in 1984, and due to the odd Chicken Tax law in the US, VW hasn't been able to offer a truck without building it locally. This situation might soon change, though. While...carbuzz.com
It is mentioned in this article, I apparently still have long term memory.