Date:         Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:27:14 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: VW MicroBus Concept
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>Actually, that is the last thing you do--right before you sell it because it
>looks and rides like crap.
>Hopefully the junkyard who buys it will give you enough funds to cover the
>cost of the molestation.
>Lowering a bus is aesthetically akin to putting an early Ford hood on a
>beetle. A NO-NO.
>However, it's your dollar.  Burn it any way you wish.
>Jay
>
>
>>Of course, as with all Microbus'es, this thing has got to be lowered 6
>>to 8 inches.  That's the first thing you do, right before you change the
>>oil and put air in the tires.


Agreed. Lowered type 2s look awful. All of them, all years (maybe the
longnosed t$s excepted, but they're not real Type 2s).

They were designed for big ground clearance, and look peculiar without it.
I bet lowered ones have handling problems too (shortened suspension travel,
loss of traction in bends due to inner tires unloading).