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Ray..he should drive during the summer! We get COLD in the winter, minus 35C (whats that in Farenheit?). I recommend June, July or August when we normally have dry and warm (up to +30C) and also the midnight sun (June and early July) to look at.

The coast road (road no E4) is the main road, has a good standard (to our references) and can take him the 1000km's from me to Stockholm in a long day, but I recommend to use 2-3 days to make more out of it.
Speed limit is 110 or 90km/h.

He could also drive a part of the trip on some of the off coast roads, they are smaller but not as hectic and carry less traffic and offer more nice wiews and sights.

The most is OK here except for the fuel prices (about 2$/liter) but do not let that stop him from making the tour!
Just let me know if you want more info! By the way, how come he use to be here?

Welcome to Sweden!


/Lars

Lars, thank you for the reply. He had a girlfriend in Stockholm and used to live in Helsinki and in Stockholm for a combined five years while he went to school in Helsinki.
So he is a cyclist...and I am an inline skater (though I have not raced in a few years). So....is it legal to skate any of the roads in Sweden? I can keep up with many of the cyclists. My friend is a bit of a "honda head". Trying to get him into driving something European at the moment. Ray

Ray, as far as I know it is legal to skate were you are allowed to walk wich means you can not skate down the highway :=) but most of the smaller roads and sidewalks

Im to old to do skating, cycling and my 412 I can still handle....

Welcome to Sweden!


/Lars

If Volkswagen had planned to use solely air-cooled engines in the T3 Vanagon, they probably would have built more complex ducting and bellows into the bodywork around the engine just like they did with the Type 4. I think however they had one eye on the new wasserboxer and inline diesels they also had in development at that time and the bodywork was more of a compromise as a result.

I also wonder sometimes how seriously the European manufacturers took the typical summertime Southern US heat load case, given their more northern climes. All the Brit cars from the 60's and 70's had trouble with overheating if not well cared for and looked after...some VW's, and some other German makes, too. Citroens and Simcas...gimme a break, I saw more in the junkyard as a kid in the South than on the streets, all apparently due to serious engine troubles due to overheating or oiling problems from the smell and appearance. Or maybe that's just how French cars smelled and looked normally:lol:

BTW, all T4 engine applications have the same sized fan, even the 914. Different bolts (Allen heads on the early ones, standard hex-head cap screws later), but the same diameter and depth.