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Here it is, folks: http://bit.ly/cl2om5

Hoping you enjoy it,

Milo

stuckin88 wrote:---yore takin the green thing too far Nooms---remoulds green?---yool be sayin unleaded petrol is green next---

OK, relatively green, less ungreen, not quite as brown.

If I ever feel that in any danger of becoming too green, I'll let you know.

Noomo,,,,,,,,YR your subjects so controversial Re Moulds are if you like the poor mans alternative to proper tyres, so in theory re-mould tyres should be fitted to what is known as 'the Poor mans Transit' which is the T25 and it's variants . Lets be honest with each other if we all had just sold a ...

Are they still considered a bad / dangerous idea?

Is Colway perhaps bandwagon-jumping? http://www.offroading.net/colway.htm

Good one! Any photos?

noomo, you could fit bigger tyres to the back, and have, say, 10% higher in all gears. this may not be the ideal soultion, but cheaper than having gearboxes (or gear parts) shipped from the usa and fitted, just to realise that vw were right all along. see http://www.tyresave.co.uk/tyresize.html Hey...

Well, Dave'd be the man to do it.

At thesamba.com they seem to be politely telling me not to be so silly with my little engine, but they don't realise what a feisty little beastie it is.

I'm sure a multi million pound multinational wouldnt get it wrong.... mcdonalds

Thanks, Matt. So I shouldn't give up (yet)?

How much extra fuel are we using (and extra wear are we causing to engine components), when we're spinning along at high speeds fully loaded and wishing we could get the revs lower? Is it a good idea to assume that VW got the gear ratios right? Is it foolish to consider a higher top gear? (Should I ...

Damn, good stuff, dude.