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@ferkixlll -- I had a VW bug with a blown Porsche engine and a modified tranny, drive train etc.  Looked like a lil bug on the road, but held the road at 40 in 2nd, 75 in 3rd, and I got clocked at 115 in fourth (with a tail wind).  In those days I stopped only to pee, get gas & more coffee to wash down my, um, 'helpers' -- and felt like i was 200 years old when the drugs wore off... but i did enjoy making time blowing through the night--this was in the mid-60s when the interstates were just coming in, and there were long stretches of empty two-lane roads with local radio stations crackling in and out of existence as we high-balled hither and yon.   only got stopped once, and the cop just said, "take it slower till you get out of my area, I don't wanna clean up the gore" so I did.  // nowadays it's a freakin' 4 cylinder Outback with more software than my computer... meh //   I hope you and your bits and bobs of family enjoy some of this season - it is so often a mixed bag!

My VW was a Baja'd '68 in Nov '81 from Denver to S. Of Pittsburgh where the Oil Pump let go. Surprised that I got that far, as every 50 miles I had to use a Propane torch to thaw the Venturi  ( let that sink in). But my x-country was 18 wheels with some constraints on how I did it. ( like a comment so that it is flagged and a person will know to look for an answer ).