Henry
----- Original Message -----
From: "BStromsoe" <bstromsoe@yahoo.com>
To: <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Pulling a trailer with 240D
>I had 66 and 68 VW's and a 70 Wagon, but I would never buy a car named
>"Rabbit" Of course that seems strange coming from someone who thought
>nothing of buying "Beetles"
>
> brian
>
> vwnate1 <vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote:
> BTW : that was a _two_door_ Diesel Rabbit , and those things didn't
> have enough power to pull a greasy string out of a cat's a$$ .
>
> BOTH my brothers bought Diesel Rabbits when they came out , they
> were such wretched little cars is why I resisted trying a Diesel for
> so many years .
>
> Who knew ? (my brothers of course) .
>
> -Nate
> Tom wrote:
> >
> > These stories make an old man start to get nostalgic.
> >
> > Back in 1980, the network made me an offer. So I moved from
> Boston to
> > Burbank. My driver was a 1977 non-turbo diesel Rabbit. I had a
> hitch put on
> > it then went and got the biggest box trailer JarTran (remember
> them) would
> > rent me.
> >
> > That Rabbit hauled that JarTran trailer, with most of what I
> owned in
> > it, accross the country from Boston to Burbank. The little
> Rabbit towing the
> > big JarTran looked like a semitrailer rig that got washed in hot
> water and
> > shrunk down. It got laughed at every time I pulled into a truck
> stop to fuel
> > up.
> >
> > But it came across the country, over every mountain range (at
> about the
> > same pace as some of the big rigs). I'm sure that VW would never
> have
> > approved of towing that size or weight of trailer. Averaged
> about 30 mpg on that
> > trip.
> >
> > That little Rabbit lasted for years after that adventure.
> >
> > If the VW could do it, I expect that our benz's can do it.
> The hitch on
> > my '81 SD is a class I, bolted through the belly pan of the
> trunk. The real
> > problem with it is my rear is too low, and the hitch drags on
> road dips and
> > curb crossings.
> >
> > Tom
>
>
>
>
>
>
> brian from la verne, ca
>
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