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Date:         Mon, 9 Sep 2002 09:45:20 -0400
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Eurovans future (now-vw does not make sportscars)
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Andrew Grebneff wrote:

> My 75 1800 Kombi was certainly chuckable, and I loved squirting along > twisty hilly narrowish country roads.

I had a '75 Westy, and it was a blast on packed snow in the winter. The handling was idiosyncratic, and it had a tendance to plow the light front wheels, but once you got the hang of it you could do some nice 4-wheel drifts. Great traction, too. It's the only RWD vehicle I've driven that could climb hills in winter without fishtailing.

_ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "The VW camper is a brilliant invention -- it's like a |___/ Swiss army knife for the road... It's the stealth RV." -- Wayne Curtis


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