On May 4, 2005 16:42, Jesse Kline wrote: > On Wed, 2005-04-05 at 15:32 -0700, Juan Alberto Cirez wrote: > > Dumb question #5: I have a VW Jetta 1985 with god-knows how many > > Kms... Seeing there is approx. 700 Kms between here and Calgary, > > can I get away with driving the thing to C'town and back or should > > I look for a rental...? > > Dumb answer: It's your car man, you're probably the only one that > knows if it can handle it. If it were me, I'd go for it, especially > since it's spring now, you know you won't be broken down on the top > of a mountain in -40 weather. I drove Calgary to Vancouver and back > last fall in an '84 Nissan without any problems.
Go for it, I did it more than once in a 1969 Chrysler pulling a huge trailer both ways. I just about fainted when the _huge_ gas bill came in though :-( Vee-Dubs go f o r e v e r using MUCH less fuel. Of course if you're hearing strange noises coming from under the hood all bets are off ;-) Drive safely =) Myles -- Truth will out this morning. (Which may really mess things up.)
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