When you see a V'gon in a parking lot, do you walk over and check it out? First two things I look at are the tires and the odometer. I think only about 10% (at the outside) have correct tires on them. Any overloaded van is tipsy, but an overloaded van with car tires? That could skew any accident statistics. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Kay" <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 9:36 PM Subject: Re: More Van Rollover news
> Yea, > Your correct on the over weight weeble figures, > > However, the pilots driving technics, sure do play a large factor in the > rollover factor. > > Hit any corner hard while loaded to the max, contributes one hell of a > shaky situation. > And this will happen with any high center of gravity, over-loaded > vehicle. > > I feel it's mainly sheer stupidity. > > ______________ > |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ > | | | | > ||-(())----(())-| > > Terry 85 GL |
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