[Vwdiesel] Searching the archives (& hill climbing)

[Mark LaPlante]

Steve asked:

> If there is another way to do this, I don't know about it, (Hagar's
> suggestion of searching the archives sounds good, but I have yet to find a
> search tool to do that on this list, Is there a search utility?



Google is your friend. Add "vwdiesel site:www.audifans.com" (minus the 
quotes) to your search phrase.

I'm just about to go search for any writing about climbing hills in a 
1.6 NA (82 Rabbit, 4 speed -- well, the knob says 1-2-3-E but I haven't 
identified the code). I have just moved to the top of a mountain and the 
last hill has an elevation increase of about 600' in just over a mile. 
Hitting the bottom of the hill in 4th at 70 mph and I'm just barely able 
to be doing 35 at the top with the temperature gauge about 3-4 lines 
higher.) I downshift to 3rd at around 50 mph. When that starts seeming 
really slow I go into 2nd for a while, but I'm not sure if I would be 
better off just leaving it in 3rd.

Topo map of said hill  (from the 625 at the top to the 1207 near the 
middle):

http://mapper.acme.com/?lat=34.540809&long=-86.257267&scale=12&theme=Topo&width=3&height=4&dot=Yes


Mark

(P.S. Enjoying Hagar's stories and NASA commentary -- my work email 
address ends in nasa.gov).