----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 9:30 AM Subject: Re: Eurovans future (now-vw does not make sportscars)
> >I agree at last, the potential is there, except that weight is high > > It's not... (high, that is) > > >and > >hence requires lots of tyre, power and brake. Not exactly 'chuckable' > >either, but well balanced with plenty of traction. > > My 75 1800 Kombi was certainly chuckable, and I loved squirting along > twisty hilly narrowish country roads. Of course it had Koins and > quality tires. My T3 understeered too much to be fun, with its iron > V6. Under no circumstances can a VW bus of any era be called 'chuckable' - OK! 'Chuckable' implies the changing of direction in the blink of an eye, and if you are in any way aquanited with Newtons laws of motion, you'll know that mass is waht matters. A half ton mini with plenty of rubber on the road is by general concensus quite chuckable, a vehicle weighing over a ton with barely more rubber and higher c of g isn't and can't be in the same category - miles apart qualitatively and quantitaviley too. Clive '88 Syncro Transporter |
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