Date:         Sun, 18 Aug 2002 00:16:04 +0100
Reply-To:     Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Handling
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Absolutely! Whilst absolute cornering forces, general handling and braking
perfomance can just as good for a large vehicle as a small one, where rate
of change of direction, yumping etc are concerned, mass tends to
predominate - an irrefutable law of physics.


[I just know someones going to argue this... so lets hear it]


Clive
'88 Syncro Transporter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Stevens" <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: Vanagon Handling


> There is a fwy exit here in Salt Lake that can be "taken" at 50+ or so and
I
> often do that while passing cars in the other 2 lanes. My Westy rolls some
> but is VERY stable in this kind of situation. Haven't had to avoid a moose
> yet, but can appreciate that the laws of physics for quick/defensive
> maneuvres may shine differently on my tall box.
> Bob
> '91 Westy
>
> http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare
>
>
>
> >  > <<... most US owners have Westies, which fail the Moose Test dismally
> >due to their high C-of-G and laterally-unbalanced distribution. A
> >full-dress camper is just an accident waiting to happen...>>
> >>
> >>     Bull puckey!  If there had ever been a problem with campers rolling
> >>over left and right, the media would have been all over the story years
> >>ago.  My bus handles just fine on twisty roads, and if it wasn't a
Westy,
> >  > I'd have sent it to the dump long ago.
>
> Tell that to the LiMBO owner who rolled his avoiding a moose...
>
>
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