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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