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[vwpickups] Re: Amphibian VWs



And good riddance I'd say, except I hate to see them inflicted on another 
VW person... :D

At 04:54 PM 1/3/02 -0500, Peter Kreutzfeldt wrote:
>Some of your neighbors must have moved next door to me.....
>Peter
>
>Curt Voss wrote:
>
> > Well, the short story is: sure, if y'all wanna take up a collection of
> > about $5 grand or so and send it to me, I'd love to fix the driveway...
> > :D  The long story involves lots of fun things like lying sellers,
> > fraudulent real estate agents, lawsuits and resulting bankruptcies, and
> > semi-retarded neighbors who have no understanding of even the most basic
> > concepts of hydrology. Suffice it to say, it appears that we're going to
> > have to adapt to the driveway and not the other way around.
> >
> > Thanks everyone for the heads-up about the air intake - I never even
> > thought about how low it is - looking back on it I think I did hydro-lock
> > the motor once, at the time I thought it wouldn't start because the exhaust
> > was plugged with water but now I'm not so sure. Guess I'd better look into
> > rerouting the intake before I try this too often.
> >
> > At 09:05 AM 1/3/02 -0500, Brad Sayer wrote:
> > >How about fixing the driveway?
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: Curt Voss <curtv@eudoramail.com>
> > >>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org,vwpickups@neubayern.net
> > >>Subject: Amphibian VWs
> > >>Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 17:34:00 -0800
> > >>
> > >>Okay, don't tell me I shouldn't be abusing my car this bad 'cuz I already
> > >>know that... :) My driveway is approaching its annual flood stage and I'm
> > >>concerned about driving my Scirocco and Rabbit pickup through it. Once I
> > >>stalled the Scirocco in the middle of it when the exhaust pipe submerged,
> > >>so now I stick a flexible pipe into the exhaust pipe and angle it up as a
> > >>sort of reverse snorkel, which gets me through okay. But, I wonder what
> > >>kind of damage I might be doing? The water isn't deep enough to run in
> > >>around the bottom of the door, but I'm sure the bottom of the crankshaft
> > >>pulley is dipping in for about a Scirocco length or so. Anyone have any
> > >>insights, can I get away with this maybe half a dozen times a year?
> > >>
> > >>
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