In a message dated 3/24/04 4:25:26 PM, tim.demarest@POBOX.COM writes:

<< >If you go back and relate the year of manufacture of your VW Bus, Van,
>Vanagon you'll see they were all designed to run in 55 to 65 mph speed
>limits.

No, that's the speed limits your Fords and Chevy's were designed for...
There were lots of stretches of the Autobahn without speed limits. This is
why I've long preferred to drive German cars. >>

No, according to its mother, Vanagons were conceived for the economical and
efficient INTRAcity transport of people and goods.  That's a bit different from
drafting a Mercedes 560 between Stuttgart and Munich.

George