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Tires AGAIN - need the quick and dirty
Alexis Neely
Yes, I have searched the archives, but I would really
prefer not to read through all those messages, so would someone be so kind as to give me the quick and dirty synopsis on which tires are best for a 1997 EVC. I would like to hear about both the Continentals and the Michelins. Also, are any Goodyears good? Thanks. Alexis __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. |
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Re: finding a mechanic
Michael G. McCarthy
Joan,
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There are a variety of EVs being discussed in the forum, and I forget which one you have, but in most cases shocks are very easy on an EV. ?No special tools required that any decent mechanic wouldn't already have, no extensive disassembly/reassembly of other components. ?With a lift, air tools and an honest clock, I would think this is a half-hour job for most EVs. Mike ( ---------- From: Alexis Neely To: ev_update@... Subject: Re: [ev_update] finding a mechanic Date: Fri, May 5, 2000, 1:26 PM
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Re: finding a mechanic
Alexis Neely
Joan,
How much is he charging you to put the shocks on? Also, does Steve work on Saturdays? Thanks, Alexis --- J Henley <soreal@...> wrote: Alexis,__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. |
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Trip report
Ray Goldsmith
Sorry Steve, I keep on forgetting to put Australia at the foot although
the Address (au) is a clue,cheers. 99 EVC 2.5 tdi (Melbourne Australia) --------------------------------------------------------------------- A little Pearl of Wisdom..."The world's first Oyster should have kept his mouth shut! " |
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Re;Trip report
Ray Goldsmith
I am wondering how many others keep a record of trips and nights
spent etc., When I passed our Vanagon to my son it had taken us 330k klm's (205k miles) and provided 584 nights mostly in forests, on beaches or on mountain tops and each trip was marked on a wall map along with the dates. Since Xmas we have spent 42 nights and travelled 11000klms (6800m.) @ 26.8 m.p.g. (US) in the EVC and have started another wall map ! It is interesting to refer to the wall map to see when and where we visited and frightening to see how quickly time passes. Ray 99 EVC Tdi. |
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Re: Tires AGAIN - need the quick and dirty
In a message dated 05/05/2000 2:41:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
legalex@... writes: for a 1997 EVC.The Michelin Agilis 51s have performed very well after 44,000 miles. The first 96,000 miles were with Goodyear G64s which were OK except they got noisy after about 40,000 miles, often hydroplaned with no warning in wet weather and the radial belts separated from the surrounding rubber making the tire quite squeaky, which was particularly noticeable at slow speeds. YMMV. I have no experience with Continentals on an EV. Bob Bob Williams 93 Weekender with 5-speed VIN: WV2MC0700PH104774 Severna Park, MD |
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Re: finding a mechanic
J Henley
Alexis,
I ordered the bilsteins last week from shox.com for $349, delivered, and Steve at Bugnutz here in Sarasota is taking care of installing them for me. Unfortunately, Shox shipped them to my billing address up north instead of to Bugnutz like requested, so I have to wait another week. (Nokia, on the other hand, got my tires to him in 4 days.) I had the shocks installed on my Vanagons at a regular tire place that I knew did good work. Is shock installation a brain surgery kind of thing? Joan |
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finding a mechanic
Alexis Neely
Someone on list recommended The Wizard in S. Florida
as a mechanic, but he will not put the bilstein shocks on our EVC unless we purchase them from him. He wants to charge us $130 per shock! How do you find a mechanic who will allow you to bring the part? Thanks, Alexis __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. |
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Re: Intermittent CC function
Yep, mine seems to act this way sometimes too and the gauges are fine.
Unfortunately, I don't have any light to shed, I'm baffled as well. John Coleman 93 EV WK auto. i had a similar problem which seemed related to the gauge problem.words, >you can feel the pedal depress, and it will seem like the cruise is |
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Re: 4Motion
Ron-
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Yes, I know VW has had a 4Motion version of the EV in Europe for some time, that is why I do not feel it is too big a stretch for them to export it to NA. Now that they are bringing a 4Motion Passat, why not a 4Motion EV? Many of the components are the same and the 4Motion training for the VW technicians would cross over between the Passat and EV. I think a similar argument holds for TDI, it's already in NA, why not on EV's. If VW gets enough letters/inquires to feel there is a market for 4Motion, TDI, etc on EV's in NA they will export those products to us. Send your letters! Blaine In a message dated 5/4/00 9:22:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rbiegel@...
writes: << Actually VW has had a syncro version of the EuroVan available in Europe for some time now. Apparently VW has not felt they could not sell enough units to justify importing this model to the USA. Personally I'd like to see a 5 speed TDI model but that too is very doubtful. Your thought of writing letters is not a bad idea. Ron >> |
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Re: Intermittent CC function
Donald Hector
i had a similar problem which seemed related to the guage problem.
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when the temp and fuel guages were cutting out the cruise would too. possibly the unstable voltage in the instrument cluster affected signal for the cruise. don 92evcl,94cargo -----Original Message-----
From: Norman Leong <t4mv@...> To: ev_update@... <ev_update@...> Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 7:26 PM Subject: [ev_update] Intermittent CC function Hi, allslowing down. Yet, there are times (maybe 10% of the time) when I'll set theIf anyone could shed some light on this interesting situation, I would be |
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Trip Report from home.
Gary Clendening
Greetings to All, you, too!
The first experience I'll report is the perception of immense space in the house. Immense! We didn't bump into each other getting a cup of tea...even making the bed last Saturday was roomy. Maybe we had been in the Carpet too long? That was four days ago; by now it's effect is being modified. The Carpet did pretty good, for a middle-aged machine now. At 49650 miles we still report no difficulties but one....the yellow light stays on for longer than ever. But, it does go off once in a while to confuse things. Any other comments on the yellow light syndrome would make me better able to give a realistic report to Thompson VW for a check-up by next week. The new Michelin tires seemed to do great all thru the weather changes (way below freeze to tropical 80's). Got two new stars on the new windshield but they are not in the way of driver. Another $500 from Insurance place, I'm afraid. We have no interior modifications and did not miss them. There are three bungies between the roof handles to dry towels as we travel; very handy as we never stay in a place for long when travelling. Here's some data for all to use: Tour distance: 7,704 miles Gasoline (highest $1.66) 397.98 Gals. Mileage: 19.4 mpg Nights in van: 39 nights Cost to "camp" $459 or $11.77 per nite! Total days of Tour: 72 days Cost to sleep all of Tour $777. or $10 per nite. Well, that's enough data for you living room pilots/navigators to figure how much you need to "tour" in the EVC. We were usually showered every nite and always secure inside that steel body. Nope, we don't have a phone yet! I'll do a little more literal thing about the end of the trip later, but Bill Armstrong was kind enough (if you could tolerate my writing) to forward to the group some of the adventure. Photo of Belle walking past three alligators is being developed and I could waste your bandwidth with it attached if requested. Looking forward to a summer in the Maritimes... Gary and Belle at home...Carpet is out in cold! |
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Intermittent CC function
Norman Leong
Hi, all
For those w/ '93 EV w/ cruise control, has anyone experienced a problem in which the CC will engage, but will not hold the set speed? In other words, you can feel the pedal depress, and it will seem like the cruise is functioning, but it quickly becomes apparent that the EV is steadily slowing down. Yet, there are times (maybe 10% of the time) when I'll set the desired speed and it stays right at that speed, over undulating terrain. If anyone could shed some light on this interesting situation, I would be grateful. TIA, Norman '93 EV MV w/ PT CC ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at |
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Re: 4Motion
Blaine,
Actually VW has had a syncro version of the EuroVan available in Europe for some time now. Apparently VW has not felt they could not sell enough units to justify importing this model to the USA. Personally I'd like to see a 5 speed TDI model but that too is very doubtful. Your thought of writing letters is not a bad idea. Ron |
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Re: bilstein shocks again
John Waterman
Alexis,
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I put them on both my "95 and my "99. Same model number. Pretty good guess that the "97 is ok (as a matter of fact, when I called Bilstein on this they told me that they were all the same even if they wern't shown in their catalog). John Alexis Neely wrote: Hi! We want to put the bilstein shocks on our 97EVC. |
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"S" switch follow up
Thanks to all who let me know the function of the "S" switch. My
owners manual addresses the Sport and Economy modes of the transmission program. It says that the sport mode is invoked by pressing the accelerator pedal quickly and economy mode by pressing slowly. I thought that this switch might have something to do with the transmission because last week when I washed down the engine compartment with a garden hose my transmission acted up the next time I drove. It shifted erratically (sp?)and even shifted into 1st gear at 40 mph! I thought I'd discovered why the original owner sold me this great van for only $3600. But it turned out to be water in the connector on top of the transmission. When I was driving it and it was acting up I switched the "S" switch and the transmission shifted gears. So I conected it's function with the transmission but just could connect the "S" with Sports mode. Thanks! |
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