[Shotimes] Effingham meeting

[Donald Mallinson]

It's a VW, what do I know?  Yea, probably the drink, not the U of I home 
town!  That is why we called it Bubbles!  :)

Don Mallinson

Paul L Fisher wrote:

>I think you've been in IL too long. I believe it is Champagne edition. The
>drink, not the city. ;-)
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>On Behalf Of Donald Mallinson
>Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 8:05 AM
>To: 'v8sho'; SHOtimes
>Subject: [Shotimes] Effingham meeting
>
>Thanks to John Stout for meeting up with us (Jan and I) at the 
>MidAmerica Motorworks big annual air cooled VW meet.  Must have been 
>over a thousand air cooled VW's there.
>
>Big surprise was being buzzed by a WWII fighter,  I didn't catch the 
>brand, but it was privately owned and looked like a Grumman hellcat, 
>tigercat, wildcat or skyrocket.  He buzzed the grounds pretty low.  I 
>can now relate to people in europe being scared when these things 
>approached low and fast.  You hear it coming but only seconds before, 
>and then it comes overhead shaking everything in sight!  This was part 
>of the show put on by MidAmerica.
>
>We didn't stay very long, after lunch we walked the grounds, attended a 
>seminar on maintenance, and just looked over all the VW's.  We drove 
>Jan's 78 Champaign Edition Convertible. 
>
>This was our first long trip with the car after buying it a couple of 
>years ago from Jan's mom.   I was surprised that we only got about 20 
>mpg!  Guess fuel injected VW's aren't economy cars or the car needs a 
>serious tune.  But several other owners we talked to said about 20 was 
>the norm.  I seem to remember doing better with my 64 VW in college.
>
>Thanks to John for making the trip in his Gen IV SHO (Mazda 6) 
>
>Don Mallinson