Date:         Thu, 30 Aug 2001 00:35:17 -0700
Reply-To:     PSavage <psavage@SABER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         PSavage <psavage@SABER.NET>
Subject:      75 MPH - Insane?
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Terry Kay et all:
Hey, here in N CA the slow lane's THE lane for Vanagons
& busses.
No Peterbuilt's breathing down my neck--they're all roaring along
in the fast lane!
I kid you not.
The only time I find I have to punch it (to 65 mph) is thru Los Angeles,
which I'm only willing to do, anymore, after 2 AM or very early Sunday
morning.
Fact is, CA being the trend-setting state it is, there's talk of making
the far right lane off limits to all but VW busses & Vanagons.
It's late, I must be dreaming.........

Phaedra
'85 Wolfsburg Westy Basecamp
Discretion is the better part of valor.


Terry Kay wrote:
> Phaedra,
> I can think of one very prudent idea why you should run your Vanagon
> faster than 60 mph------To prevent that Peterbuilt on your back door
>from running you over !!!
>
> I have tried to hold my Van at 60, and the madmen here in the Windy,
> either flip you off, tailgate you flashing their headlights, or in the
> last act of defiance, simply blast past you and chop you off, as they
> get past you.
>
> Not a very safe idea---I just go with the flow---70 to 80, and anywhere
> in between.
>
>             ______________
>            |[  ] [  ] [ ]\
>            |    |    |    |
>      ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-|
>
> Terry--
> 74 Campmobile- (Clementine)
> 85 GL- (Delilah)
> 86 BMW 325 ES- (Eva)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     "In life, it is much better to want
> something you cannot have---
>
> Than to have something you can't get rid of"
>
> (T.K.1979)
>
>