[Vwdiesel] mileage

[Arkady Mirvis]

Years ago I saw kids drafting on bikes the box trailers. Some of them ended 
legless, some ended in graves. The most courageous rode with hands off. 
Years ago suddenly Vanagons took high place in the list of safe vehicles. I 
doubt that drafting in a Vanagon  is smart behavior. Ark.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <decker at toledotel.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] mileage


>    One problem is if he blows a tire on a trailer and the tread comes off
> in mostly one piece you can't dodge it. A few months ago I pulled out 
> pretty
> close behind a big Chip truck that had pulled out to pass a slow poke car
> and he blew a super single on his trailer. lucky me it didn't come up far
> enough to clear the hood on my 1983 Mitsubishi 4 wheel drive turbo diesel
> pickup or I probably wouldn't be writing this. I bent my bumper, the 
> valence
> underneath a fender and the hood. I'm sure if it had hit the windshield it
> would have come through. It was a lesson to me to say a reasonable 
> distance
> back of the big rigs. I also drive big diesels in the summer with a set of
> doubles hauling corn and carrots from Eastern Washington to a freezing 
> plant
> here in Chehalis on the west side. You are right that if I'm empty I can't
> stop quick because the tires smoke and bounce. If I'm full loaded to
> 103,000lbs I can't stop fast either. But if you were following a big rig
> that had only say a 20,000 LB payload you will be shocked at how fast he
> could stop.
> Brian Decker
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tad" <tadc at europa.com>
> To: "William J Toensing" <toensing at wildblue.net>
> Cc: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 1:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] mileage
>
>
>> People say that it's dangerous but I'm not so sure.  With my TDI anyway, 
>> I
>> can stop about 100 times faster than a truck/bus, so as long as I am far
>> enough back to hit the brakes before I hit the truck, what's the problem?
>>  True that you can't see what's going on up the road, but that's also 
>> true
>> when you're following at a safer distance.  Just pay attention to the
>> truck's brake lights...
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 2:02 AM, William J Toensing
>> <toensing at wildblue.net>wrote:
>>
>> > It is true you can get better mileage BUT this is very dangerous. It is
> a
>> > good way to have a rear end collision & this practice is very illegal
> too.
>> > When the first generation Honda Insight cam out, one of the car
> magazines
>> > got 108 MPG by drafting. I think it was Car & Driver but not sure.
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